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@lrvick @0batty_bat0 @VirginiaHolloway
if they mandate you have a phone before you receive basic services like healthcare, then the govt needs to provide an open source alternative phone and free/ supplemented network access
if that won't happen (spoiler: it won't happen) then go speak to a lawyer. they may pro bono the work because it would obviously be an important groundbreaking case
seriously this is big. make some noise
@benroyce @lrvick @0batty_bat0 @VirginiaHolloway An aspect of real health care is to have informed consent, in every aspect of care, including how individuals get treatment & communicate with providers of said treatment, so just as requiring all get any specific treatment is unethical no matter if it comes with out of pocket costs or not, so is requiring a pretty specific technological device to get treatment & communicate with providers.
If I get a provider demanding I do this & they hand me a free phone that's activated(& wasn't one I could convert to a Linux OS ) at the same time- odds are I'd run over it with my car & drop the provider before that day ended... If I could convert the device - I'd skip destroying the phone but definitely drop the provider.
@benroyce @lrvick @0batty_bat0 @VirginiaHolloway An aspect of real health care is to have informed consent, in every aspect of care, including how individuals get treatment & communicate with providers of said treatment, so just as requiring all get any specific treatment is unethical no matter if it comes with out of pocket costs or not, so is requiring a pretty specific technological device to get treatment & communicate with providers.