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SubconsciousBraider t1_iyhsrp5 wrote

Nice Oxymoron. Should read, free public phones coming to Philadelphia!

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tysenburg t1_iyhtyan wrote

They are setting the payphones to free play!

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sneaky_squirrel t1_iyhx0b5 wrote

Replying to gentlemancaller2000 (#839,182)

It says no QUARTERS required.

And it says payphones.

There is a possibility that they meant you pay for these in some other manner, such as a card reader or credit card?

This is merely a mental exercise, I am not actually claiming nor seriously trying to figure out the actual event here.

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gentlemancaller2000 t1_iyhxsb8 wrote

Replying to sneaky_squirrel (#839,791)

And it says “…Making calls will be completely free of charge.”

“To ordinary callers, the phones will work the way they did in the analog era, minus the need to insert coins before making a call. There's a special circuit board that takes the place of the coin acceptor equipment. Making calls will be completely free of charge.”

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BadHillbili t1_iyjuz1r wrote

I'm sure street level drug dealers will be very happy about this.

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nomskull t1_iykmwat wrote

Probably with unskippable 30 second ads before your call is connected

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gyarnar t1_iykno3f wrote

Just have to listen to 1, maybe 2 ads first.

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lilblu399 t1_iykqix7 wrote

Replying to suid (#843,443)

Yes we did and if the rest of the nation rose up against the robots, there wouldn't be talk about giving robots literal bombs(San Francisco PD)

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getyourcheftogether t1_iykqpq7 wrote

Replying to BadHillbili (#842,224)

Disclaimer: by using this fee public phone, you are in agreement to your conversation being subject to periodic monitoring and/or recorded

Honestly, if that were true, wouldn't even bother me, not like any other calls aren't being monitored in some form already

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Walfredo_wya t1_iyksjdd wrote

No one is going to answer a call from them though because they won’t recognize the number

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seanx40 t1_iykykru wrote

How soon til they are stolen for the copper?

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Ctricky07 t1_iykz6zu wrote

Pay phones had a way to be free back in the day if you called collect.

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thygrrr t1_iykzrtx wrote

Microsoft in the 2000s: Linux is a cancer, give them no quarter!

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Derekdef34 t1_iyl1in4 wrote

I feel like this isn't going to be as successful as people expect. I really hope I'm wrong though.

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Superdaneru t1_iyl24uz wrote

Replying to BadHillbili (#842,224)

Stalkers and scammers too. I can't even imagine the fallout this might have. Either it has to have heavy surveillance with zero privacy or this could just be the perfect tool for the wrong person.

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VanillaGFD t1_iylq99x wrote

This is an interesting idea…except who tf knows anybody’s phone number anymore 🤣 the only ones I remember are from my childhood

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Superdaneru t1_iylubyz wrote

Replying to ultrastarman303 (#844,207)

For scammers and spam calls at least yeah. If this isn't monitored, someone can just make a device that connects to the phone and makes calls automatically. We already have credit card skimmers. If nobody checks on these phones routinely, I foresee a lot of bugged phones in the future.

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