[throwaway55340]

Impossible in Europe - can't buy a train/bus ticket, can't go to a doctor, can't download/submit homework, can't prove I don't have COVID...

[piva00]

> Impossible in Europe - can't buy a train/bus ticket

I don't know a single place in Europe I've been to where I could not purchase some sort of a public transportation ticket without a phone.

Not a single one.