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Modern life is so tied with smartphones living without it is increasingly becoming harder (lemm.ee)
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[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Then you have to work out a data plan. At least in the US, free wifi is t as ubiquitous as it is in Europe (at least in my experience).

[–] Amir@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Do you not have purchase-once prepaid cards? Internet access is expensive on them but they could work for emergencies when there's no free wifi

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe not ubiquitous, but it's in a lot of places like fast food restaurants and libraries where they are okay letting people spend long amounts of time loitering on their device.