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minus-squarethrowawayacc0430@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·11 months agoNot sure if this fits this comm, but I hate that the act of buying a phone plan and inseting a sim card is now referred to as “activation”. “Activation” is the iPhone forced internet-setup thing, not the fact that you use wifi-only instead of cellular. 🤦♂️
minus-squarehddsx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agoI thought it was activation before the iPhone existed
minus-squarethrowawayacc0430@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·11 months agoPerhaps it isn’t exactly a new term, but I hate that term regardless. A smartphone can do many things without a cellular connection, a cell plan is not an “activation” but a feature upgrade.
Not sure if this fits this comm, but I hate that the act of buying a phone plan and inseting a sim card is now referred to as “activation”.
“Activation” is the iPhone forced internet-setup thing, not the fact that you use wifi-only instead of cellular. 🤦♂️
I thought it was activation before the iPhone existed
Activation fees certainly did.
Perhaps it isn’t exactly a new term, but I hate that term regardless. A smartphone can do many things without a cellular connection, a cell plan is not an “activation” but a feature upgrade.