I looked it up and apparently this company installs these lockers that have different balls in them. So if you go to a park with a court and didn’t bring a ball you can still play if you get the app and check one out. It seems like people just stole the balls.
Jump start is Canadian tire’s charity for childrens sports. They are funded by donations at the till. Its a typical corporate tax dodge but it does infact go to kids sports.
How about they just put a latch on the door. No energy, internet, compute, apps or data required. Just a $3 latch that anyone can open, and you can even have the local highschool woodshop bang out some replacement kiosks if they need to be replaced
Can’t say I’d blame anyone for destroying them then. No doubt the app collects your data. There’s no reason I should have to pay for the locker once with my taxes, then again with my data. Net positive for the world, imo.
Yeah. I don’t think this is too hard to parse, nor is it likely to be some cogent political protest.
New flat surface attracts graffiti.
Within a short time, someone else breaks the glass to get access to the balls because they can’t or won’t use the app.
There could easily be an element of “fuck that app,” but the “reward” here is access to a basketball while at the park. I think Occam’s razor is an appropriate initial framework.
It also looks like the city was prudent and avoided a major investment of tax money.
I looked it up and apparently this company installs these lockers that have different balls in them. So if you go to a park with a court and didn’t bring a ball you can still play if you get the app and check one out. It seems like people just stole the balls.
I could tell just by looking at the photo that this was done by someone without balls.
So it’s not free. You pay with your privacy and data.
It probably starts free. You create a market and then start selling it as rental equipment, or you market to cities. They are making money.
Jump start is Canadian tire’s charity for childrens sports. They are funded by donations at the till. Its a typical corporate tax dodge but it does infact go to kids sports.
You pay with your data means it was never free, you were the product
Why do you have to use an app to unlock it? There doesn’t seem to be any functional reason for it
What else can be used?
Employing a lonely dude at the machine just so Timmy can rent a football?
Good luck with those fees.
How about they just put a latch on the door. No energy, internet, compute, apps or data required. Just a $3 latch that anyone can open, and you can even have the local highschool woodshop bang out some replacement kiosks if they need to be replaced
My hands? Little free libraries don’t need apps
It’s canadian tire, so data collection is the reason for the app
Can’t say I’d blame anyone for destroying them then. No doubt the app collects your data. There’s no reason I should have to pay for the locker once with my taxes, then again with my data. Net positive for the world, imo.
Yeah. I don’t think this is too hard to parse, nor is it likely to be some cogent political protest.
There could easily be an element of “fuck that app,” but the “reward” here is access to a basketball while at the park. I think Occam’s razor is an appropriate initial framework.
It also looks like the city was prudent and avoided a major investment of tax money.