Comment on The invention of smartphones probably made the idea of international travel less intimidating since you now have a pocket translator tool and can find your way in a foreign place with GPS navigation.

Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• baggachipz@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Me, in Rome with my Blackberry on Verizon Wireless: “oh fuck, nothing works”

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• Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Pre travel sims, we had multi dollar per megabyte roaming fees. Smart phones were only any good when you could find a McDonald’s to steal some wifi from.

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  • Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Smartphones with WiFi came waaaaay later!

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