Yeah, SMS or even XMPP should do the trick. ;) Paul Boddie <p...@boddie.org.uk> writes:
> > Even some kind of SMS payment would be reasonably acceptable, but I guess the > money is all in "apps" these days. (Actually, there is apparently money in > sending SMS messages, but that's another story.) > > > The challenge for us is to figure out how to formulate such demands for fair, > accessible and usable infrastructure. It has been a struggle to get the > message across in other areas. > > [...] > > > A friend of mine mentioned having her public transport ticket checked, which > was in her case accessible via a specific "app" (of course), and when she > told > the inspectors that it was taking a while to come up on screen, the remark > was > made that maybe she should "get a newer phone". I can think of several > responses, some very impolite, others wondering whether ticket inspectors > make > so much money that they can regard having the latest gadgets as some kind of > civic duty. > > One problem is that "apps" are tempting for people offering public services > because the hardware involved is somewhat generic, meaning that > municipalities > (and their corporate entities) can avoid procuring things for specific > purposes. In Oslo, they spent substantial amounts eliminating paper tickets > with a smartcard system where (1) the readers didn't work, (2) the barriers > couldn't be used because of fire regulations, (3) the roll-out was so slow > that the first batch of cards had apparently degraded and were unreliable or > unusable, (4) connectivity is required to validate tickets, and (5) they have > to issue cards for short-term users like tourists or somehow make the "app" > work for them. > > With such a background of inept procurement (or demonstrably corrupt, in some > cases in the public transport bureaucracy), having an "app" seems like the > ultimate answer. But the correct answer is to provide people with the means > to > access the services, not to burden them with something that they think > everyone should have anyway. > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > Discussion@lists.fsfe.org > https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion > -- - https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno - Palestrante e consultor sobre /software/ livre (não confundir com gratis). - "WhatsApp"? Ele não é livre. Por favor, veja formas de se comunicar instantaneamente comigo no endereço abaixo. - Contato: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno#vCard - Arquivos comuns aceitos (apenas sem DRM): Corel Draw, Microsoft Office, MP3, MP4, WMA, WMV. - Arquivos comuns aceitos e enviados: CSV, GNU Dia, GNU Emacs Org, GNU GIMP, Inkscape SVG, JPG, LibreOffice (padrão ODF), OGG, OPUS, PDF (apenas sem DRM), PNG, TXT, WEBM. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
