You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes | Airplane mode hasn’t been necessary for nearly 20 years, but the myth persists.::Airplane mode hasn’t been necessary for nearly 20 years, but the myth persists.

  • dmention7@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Risks exist on a continuum, and something not literally being forcibly banned doesn’t mean there is zero risk in that thing, just that the risk is lower than those things that are forcibly banned or that the risks can be mitigated in other ways.

    Same reason you go through a metal detector to check for weapons before getting within half mile of a plane, but were left pretty much on your honor to not bring a Samsung phone with a spicy battery on board.

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      9 months ago

      You know damn well I meant intolerable risk when I implied they wouldn’t allow them

      • dmention7@lemm.ee
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        9 months ago

        I actually didn’t, which was the main reason I replied.

        It’s fairly common to see people arguing as though a thing is either risky or not risky, without any sense of context.