[verygoodname]

> it's just not even a choice and I struggle to see how any one would chose a the former as a preferable option.

What if you do not possess a smartphone? What choice do you have, then? Are you just forced into hotel quarantine or do they lend you a smartphone? (Genuine question.)

[NamTaf]

I'm guessing, but they will probably do police visits periodically as they do with existing home quarantine (i.e. if you're a close contact of a case).

[drdreer]

Nowadays you can get a used smartphone for free.

[ManlyBread]

You can, but do you have to? Are Australian citizens required by law to possess a smartphone? Is it not a choice of the individual?

[himinlomax]

If you have the means to travel far enough to be subjected to quarantine, you have the means to spend $100 on a phone.

[RalfWausE]

You may have the MEANS... but is a smartphone MANDATORY? I have the means to travel abroad, no problem, but never in my mind i would voluntarily own a smartphone.

[danielheath]

No, it's not mandatory. You can quarantine in a hotel.

[RalfWausE]

Then i would prefer the hotel... visible chains are better than invisible ones.

[danielheath]

Sure. Hotel quarantine is the default.

If you prefer, you are also able to use the app and stay home.

[nevermindiguess]

Typical lefto-fascist thinking. Disregard for the law and forced imposition of measures based on subjective perception. Well, by the same token you look to me like the kind of person that could commit an act of terror. Let’s have the police interrogate you.