[dbish]

Pretty neat but as someone who commutes every day on the New York subway I hope it’s never “cracked” here. Phone usage without headphones is already annoying enough and I greatly appreciate the various people trying to take calls eventually lose service.

[lostlogin]

It’s a tough choice, is it worse to hear their phone calls, or hear 2 seconds of every bit of TikTok/Instagram feed trash. Either way, no cellular access seems a plus.

[throw567643u8]

Honestly I'd prefer to listen to phone calls over brainless reels. Both are hell.

[RicoElectrico]

Somehow even though there's great cell coverage in Warsaw metro people aren't being obnoxious with it.

[pajamasam]

Same in Munich

[wolvoleo]

Who still calls anyway? Literally all my friends exclusively message now (on WhatsApp).

It would be really annoying if I were out of touch for the whole duration of subway trips. But in my city it works great. Here the 3 main providers pooled together and shared the installation.

[kergonath]

> Literally all my friends exclusively message now (on WhatsApp).

An annoyingly large number of them send audio messages. It’s worse for everyone involved.

[throw567643u8]

One or two people per carriage/bus.

[cm2187]

The worst is not calls, it is the thousands of zombies hooked up on tiktok 24/7, of course with headphones, so completely unaware and indifferent to their environment, who block tunnels, escalators, turnstiles, etc.

[hdgvhicv]

In the 90s we read the paper and dumbed with our magnetic tickets. In the 00s we listened to MP3s while playing snake on an oyster. In the 10s we played Andy birds and listened to iTunes with a credit card at the turnstile. In the 20s we doom scroll and listen to Spotify while tapping out with our phone.

I don’t see the issue.

[throw567643u8]

This behaviour is so bad on London (above ground) trains, if they ever do 'crack it' and roll out mobile signal to the Underground, those tiny carriages will be unbearable.

[p10jkle]

There already is signal on many underground lines, and it’s pretty rare that people are playing things out loud in my experience?

[Mindwipe]

There's literally already signal on half the Underground, has been for six months to a year, and as someone who gets the tube twice a day I've literally never seen someone do voice call. Literally ever.

[kotaKat]

Bad News! They already ruined that one.

https://www.boldyn.com/us/news/at-t-and-boldyn-networks-brin...

[rhubarbtree]

What is the thing with people using phones without headphones? And making calls on public transport? When did that become a thing? It’s the most obnoxious selfish behaviour and it shocks me every time.

It’s not just Gen Z either, I’ve seen a few boomers do it and even a couple of millennials.

[youngtaff]

Ten of so years ago I was on a train and the women opposite me gave all her credit card details to someone over the phone — anyone close by could have had fun with them

[esperent]

Not to excuse other people's behavior but buying a decent pair of noise canceling headphones or earbuds will make putting up with it a whole lot easier. You don't even have to listen to anything, or you can put rain noises and thunderstorms. It's as much better soundscape than public transport.

[hexbin010]

That also creates a problem that people then can not hear important announcements or be aware of dangers (such as knife wielding attackers, as happened on an LNER train just late last year)

[buckle8017]

Noise cancelling headphones on NYC public transit is insanity.

[edent]

Why is your need for silence more important than other people's need to communicate?

[Retric]

Neither of those things are needs, it’s just wants and preferring your own wants over others is completely normal.

Imagine trying to live your life where other people’s desires by default overrode you own.

[hexbin010]

It's actually against byelaws to play music or other loud sounds on transport in London and they can prosecute you if they so wished...

It's about acknowledging it's a shared resource and respecting the space. No loud noises, no littering, no being drunk etc

These days people act like they're the only ones travelling

[throw567643u8]

Etiquette. Some are raised with it.

[dbish]

Simply being polite. Understanding there are other people in the world you inhabit. Things like that.

[CalRobert]

They can use headphones. The problem is listening to someone scroll through tiktok with volume on max.

[jorvi]

Their silence disrupts no one, but one call or loud song disrupts 20-40 people their peace.

Don't be a douche.

[youngtaff]

You’re be a bit contrarian there and I’m quite sure you actually believe it’s far more nuanced than that

[catoc]

You do understand that one of those “needs”affects others around you, and one of them leaves them in peace, right? Also I’m sure parent wasn’t referring to emergency calls