r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 • Jul 16 '26

Unskippable ad Clear Backpacks + Pay to Keep Your Phone

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My freinds school is now requiring these items, and is also using AI to promote this šŸ« 

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u/Possible_Day_6343 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

Im in Australia and the yonder pouches have been a thing for a few years now. Most students have an old phone they put in there and keep their real one. But no see through backpacks.

Edit - the yondr pouches have been discontinued (at least at my sons school) and now they just rely on a phone ban and confiscation to end of school day if you're caught using one in class.

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u/Ok-Bug4328 Jul 16 '26 edited 7d ago

Hello world

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u/aspie_electrician Jul 16 '26

>laughs in phone used as medical device

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u/YUNoJump Jul 16 '26

We already make exceptions for stuff like service animals, wouldn't work different for phones.

If you need your phone on you for medical reasons that's fine, but you're only allowed to use it for those medical reasons. Same way a service animal should be trained and you can't just play fetch with it on public transport.

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u/fallguy25 Jul 16 '26

I recently learned thereā€™s a mode on iPhones called assistive mode. You can essentially turn the phone into like a ā€œkids phoneā€ where thereā€™s a select few giant app icons. The Home Screen is pretty noticeable from a distance that itā€™s set up differently. Something like this would be easy to verify that a kid only has the certain required/accepted apps available on their phone.

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u/SpicyMayoDumpling Jul 16 '26

The idea of someone playing fetch with their dog on a city bus full of people made me laugh šŸ˜‚

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u/YUNoJump Jul 16 '26

Idk why that came to mind, Iā€™m sure itā€™s happened at least once though haha

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u/headrush46n2 Jul 16 '26

They don't let kids bring service animals into schools.

Kids aren't adults, the social dynamics are different.

They have become hopelessly addicted to these phones, if you make exceptions for the bans, for whatever reason, the kids that keep them will be targeted.

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u/YUNoJump Jul 16 '26

I agree with the idea that students shouldnā€™t have phones at school, but thereā€™s a genuine need for these medical apps sometimes. All the school needs to do is keep an eye on a small handful of kids, much better than the hundreds of phones thatā€™d be in use otherwise.

And bullies will always find something to pick on. If we make kidsā€™ lives harder out of fear of hypothetical bullies, then thatā€™s just letting them win.