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    Just wondering how many folks have deleted the test and trace (UK) app from there phones? I was out at a food festival on Saturday and pretty much everyone I talked to had done so. They couldn't afford to isolate was the main reason. How the fuck are we tracing COVID now? Obviously not with an App (that wasn't even that good anyway) that cost about £37billion to make.

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    • never downloaded it, folks i know that did deleted long ago. don't think i know person who's had a ping the whole pandemic and turned out positivekingsteven
    • Mental isn't it? And we talk about 'someone' is going to have to pay for this pandemic somehow.Ianbolton
    • I never downloaded it either - i've just avoided the fuck out of everyone... .Nairn
    • Haha. I did that but got the app as some restaurants were getting cunty if you didn't scan in. My mate was 'pinged' last week and is staying in for 10 days.Ianbolton
    • I have it and use but then again rarely go anywhere.shapesalad
    • Be interesting to know how many cases thy were calculating through the app compared to just standard testing. Numbers are down dramatically apparentlyIanbolton
    • I believe I have to install one for the first time, soon (NY).monospaced
    • Most places I go to cater for those who don't have the app with a simple pen and paper pad. Write your name down (or not) and off you go.TOMMYxGUNN
    • Any place I’ve been had the qr code thing that went to a website.PhanLo
    • I think my point was 'Test and Trace' never really did what it was supposed to do, but wondered how much tracing it did in connection to the daily figures?Ianbolton
    • And is the downward spiral of cases due to people deleting the App? Or because more people are vaccinated so are experiencing no/less symptoms?Ianbolton
    • Same in Germany. We even have two apps and you are supposed to check-in with it in some places but if you don't nobody will know about it. Weird principle.SimonFFM
    • 37 billion?!?!?!?!?!?!pango
    • Haha. Yeah. You'd think 37 BILLION would erradicate the entire pandemic, not just build an app. It's ridiculous.Ianbolton
    • 37 bil wasn't for the app lol, jeez.
      37 bil was for the whole test and trace system, testing centres, staff, test kits, testing etc. Still ridiculous how it was      fadein11
    • wasted and given to tory pals but the app DID NOT cost 37 bil and it pains me to remotely defend the cunts here.fadein11
    • the app ended up being the off the shelf Apple/Google one, it prob cost a few mil tops.fadein11
    • I mean what on Earth would they be coding for £37bil, the Matrix?
      I despise the tories but still amazed seeing this banded around.      fadein11
    • Haha. Yeah, sorry, that's a fair point. Context lost when I say 37 billion just for an app. But still, the fucking Tories huh?!Ianbolton
    • the UK app is also built using microsoft excel, seriously. it's like a weeks work for a good coder.kingsteven
    • that had nothing to do with the app (google/apple), but yes I get your point. it was a shit show from the beginning.fadein11
    • but £37bil on an off the shelf app lol, purlease. Even the most die hard tory may have questioned that.fadein11
    • anyway, I'm not defending the corrupt cunts at all, far from it. hopefully when the dust finally settles heads will roll.fadein11
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