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Old Jan 14, 2019 | 7:53 am
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Originally Posted by bridge29
People will continue to defend it, but BYOD is pretty awful all around. It of course makes it more difficult and more annoying to get up because each row is cluttered with devices on tray tables.

I had a new one on a recent flight: the pilot's message interrupted the movie I was watching on my own device. Now, I don't really care about pilot or FA interruptions (unless it's a credit card spiel) but this is one of the reasons the BYOD-fans brought up as an advantage. Not anymore!
Another limitation of BYOD that often isn't mentioned is availability of new movies. When content is being streamed to a personal device the studios are much more stringent, so we're less likely to see current-run movies.
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