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I don't really know, but it seems like you could just short circuit all of that by just answering the fucking phone and not bothering with Bluetootha nd stuff.


I guess, but the whole rest of the way technology and galloping capitalism have transformed work makes that harder. For example, lots and lots of us have to take calls on the move (walking somewhere, driving somewhere, etc.) just because our schedules are so crammed. Try doing that without some kind of hands-free device.


Phone mounts for the car have been around for years and allow for hands free talking. And if you can't answer the phone and walk, I'd say that's a bigger problem than something technology can solve.


That's right. I'm a defective human who isn't as good as you evidently are at somehow participating in a phone conversation on a cellphone speaker over freeway noise, or walking around with my head pressed against a tiny little device pressed against my shoulder for hours. And the millions of people who also find these tasks physically uncomfortable or difficult are just not as fine physical specimens as a robust and fit as yourself. Condescending much?




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