[lgeek]

It doesn't need to be a phone running iOS and Android, you just need an email client and a PDF viewer for UK train etickets

[intelVISA]

If that's the case they should be issued free (as in tea in the harbor) open source devices free from Apple/Google spyware for this purpose.

[scrollaway]

What on earth is your logic there? “You have the option to send a PDF, thus I deserve a free phone of my particular choice”?

[dTal]

I think the logic is you still need some sort of computer to download and display your ticket, whereas with a paper ticket you don't need any external equipment. This discriminates against those too disadvantaged to own such a thing. You can argue that if the government is going to make possession of a device a requirement to access government functions, they ought to provide it.

[_dain_]

you can use a laptop