Lol!

[faraiwe@mstdn.social]

@stux at one point, I watched, in existential horror, as an acquaintance bought a used car, financed, on her phone.

Yes, I twitched, a lot. Then, I drove her to the place, to sign paperwork and pick the newER wheels up.

That was a couple of years ago. I haven't recovered, yet.

[vocalone@mstdn.social]

@stux I am this way too. I think it is because it is easier to have a lot of tabs open and compare options on a computer.

[raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie]

@stux
I never buy anything on a phone or tablet. Using a Smartphone since 2000. Tablet since 2006.

[maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza]

@stux I don't like to order anything bigger than a burrito on my phone. Even then, I might at least switch to my ipad (easier to see what's going on).

[canleaf@mastodon.social]

@stux Because tickets on phones are more expensive than on the computer.

[cafechatnoir@mastodon.social]

@stux

Yes! Some things need the Big Internet.

[twinkle@sweet.succubi.services]

@stux@mstdn.social idk im gen z and i do that all the time

[luc0x61@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@stux When I buy something expensive and/or with too many options, I prefer the "computer purchase" because I don't want to regret later about something that was too small or off screen - "accepting the purchase you hereby transfer to the flight operator the rights to change the destination to any country of the world, including war zones and areas under environmental risk. This is not reimbursable"

[ranx@mastodon.social]

@stux for me "phone purchases" do not exist, period. But I'm a Gen X, what do I know right?

[semantikast@openbiblio.social]

@stux me too!!

[i_give_u_worms@beige.party]

@stux especially infuriating when you switch to get one thing then switch again for some email verification for a site that does nothing to deserve such a level of trust

[phantom49@mastodon.social]

@stux glad to know other people think alike somehow apps like Google Pay break this fear tho

[trebach@functional.cafe]

@loganer @stux For the purposes of buying things, unless it's one of netbooks or Chromebooks, I consider them the same as desktops

[mxhdroom@mas.to]

@stux Yep, that's me through and through.

[pmdj@mstdn.social]

@MarcelNBG @piyuv @stux No, for some hotels they literally offer an “app discount” so you find the same room in the same place while logged in as the same user, and it’ll be 5% cheaper on the phone.
It does only affect some specific places, and I haven’t seen it since 2024 so I’m not sure if it still exists. (It definitely saved us 5% on some bookings in Australia 2 years ago; still did the research on the computer first.)

[jmvars@mastodon.social]

@stux i relate to this post on a spiritual level

[riese@soc.iotaomegapsi.io]

@stux I'm gen X. Don't get it either. My phone is a million times more computer than my first machine on the internet was. That's big enough. Innit?

[eldersea@expressional.social]

@stux
The Credit Card gets entered with The Num Pad only.

[ukscone@cupoftea.social]

@stux i'm no purchases or bill paying on a phone. bill paying and buying stuff is only done on a device not used for anything but bill paying and purchases and checking bank acct. i.e. a chromebook bought for that purpose bought on the previous bill paying chromrbook

[wiresmith@hachyderm.io]

@stux yes! I fear this will be the first time my children will call me an old man, "of course you can do it on the phone"