How do we pay for parking?
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How do we pay for parking?
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Re: How do we pay for parking?
#2But hey, it could be even worse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG6KA6V4T7w
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#4Digital feudalism at it's finest.
"You wish to park on Lord Absentee's land? You must enroll yourself in his service, then, peasant!"
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#5Modern parking lots always seem ripe for physical phishing, whats stopping someone from sticking up a couple of QR codes that link to a fraudulent payment page or some other malware?
This is one of those things that tech really didn't "fix" and now I have to select from one of 20 apps instead of just paying with cash or even a credit card.
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#6I don't have a cell phone. What should I have done in this situation?
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It is hell even for tech savvy android though.
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#8If you want to get to the point of the story, +/- summary :
An old lady in Seattle couldn't understand how to pay for parking using confusing parking apps.
The author helped her, but the process was complicated and not user-friendly.
He guided her through scanning a QR code and using parking apps, eventually helping her pay with the Park Mobile app using her credit card.
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If you aren't literate, life is hard.
If you aren't digitally literate, life is hard.
The problem is some people were 50 years old when the the 2nd statement became true. For nearly everyone alive, the first statement has always been true. I think the government is failing its citizens by assuming digital literacy is commonplace.
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#10A software engineer friend has a common refrain for situations like this: “all software is terrible.”
It is only a very slight exaggeration.