Smartphone Required (digital exclusion of people without smartphones)

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(US) Healthcare denied for not having a smartphone (mastodon.social)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by soloActivist@links.hackliberty.org to c/smartphone_required@lemmy.sdf.org

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A guy posted a long thread in Mastodon about how a hospital refused him service because he did not install the smartphone app of the hospital/clinic which (IIRC) was exclusively available in Google’s Playstore.

Sorry to say I lost track of the link. If anyone finds the thread, please reply.

(edit) I found the link

@lrvick@mastodon.social -- any updates?

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[–] Dubiousx99@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Looks like the medical provider back tracked. https://mastodon.social/@lrvick/112085173024111030

[–] soloActivist@links.hackliberty.org 3 points 1 day ago

Ah, so I guess there would be no updates to the story. Patient walked in the end because the hospital demanded indemnity from late notifications.