[jackhalford]

Flying now requires you to own a smartphone

[Freak_NL]

With Ryanair. Something to be avoided if at all possible, but a very bad precedent in any case.

[signatoremo]

Rather, enough people have smartphone that they won’t be object to using it as boarding pass.

[fanatic2pope]

And to install an app, which almost certainly has privacy invasion baked into the terms of use.