Given how few people have landlines they probably thought you were trying to pra...

mitxela · 2026-09-09T03:57:41 1788926261

You can borrow someone's phone or only have a dumbphone.

anigbrowl · 2026-09-09T04:35:38 1788928538

Of course those are possibilities, as is having a landline. People pranking tech support lines is also a possibility and I suspect a more common one.

account42 · 2026-09-09T07:57:16 1788940636

More common is companies "pranking" their customers by adding unnecessary smartphone requirements.

If they are concerned about customers pranking support about not having a smartphone they can easily preempt that by not adding a smartphone requirement in the first place.

anigbrowl · 2026-09-09T18:44:11 1788979451

I am not arguing in favor of corporate apps or smart TVs (which I would not want to buy either). I'm just looking at things from the perspective of the unfortunate person doing tech support, not their corporate overlord.