nagonago
14 hours ago
I appreciate the frustration and ridiculousness of having to use an app just to open a door, but over half of these steps are just things you have to do when you get a new phone anyway.
The 14 Steps it takes to open my office door with a new phone
14 pointsposted 14 hours ago
by forthwall12 Comments
suprjami
14 hours ago
When buying a new phone, doesn't everyone sit down and set everything up so it all works when you want it next?
winterbloom
14 hours ago
the vast majority of things are on you, if you had a working phone, it would just be install an app, login, and it works
it is better than having to carry keys around
nemomarx
14 hours ago
For an office door, why not a key card or lanyard badge or whatever? A code? I feel like you could use something easier than an app too.
SoftTalker
14 hours ago
You're in a rush in the morning and you leave home without your badge.
Happens to me at least once a month. But I almost never don't have my phone.
iamnothere
13 hours ago
Key cards/badges don’t have GPS in them and can’t keep tabs on you outside the office.
eichin
13 hours ago
it's sold as harder to copy (and easier to revoke when you're doing layoffs - which shouldn't have been a really challenge for card-based systems, they're just old and didn't keep up.)
bigfatkitten
13 hours ago
Neither of these are challenges at all for semi-modern card systems.
apothegm
12 hours ago
Yeah, that article was silly. Yes, setting up a new phone is a giant annoying exercise in yak shaving, but that’s to be expected when transferring to any device.
That said, I’ve had to unlock a door with a dedicated phone app, and it’s always way too many taps even if the app hasn’t randomly logged you out because your session is a month old or because your phone restarted to store an update. (Even more if you prefer to keep Bluetooth off -which among other things saves on battery.)
bborud
13 hours ago
It’s pretty much anything these days that requires authentication.
fuzzfactor
13 hours ago
It probably takes more than 12 steps to break habitual phone use all the time too :\
smitty1e
14 hours ago
The feeling of becoming the product and requiring a Familiar loaded with Apps that amount to passive spyware cannot be escaped.
Very glad to be closing in on retirement.