"She was supposed to come home late that night from an out-of-town trip with some old friends, but I hadn't heard from her that day and couldn't recall the timing of her flight. If her phone was merely in Airplane mode, my calls should have gone to voicemail instead of failing to connect outright. In the end, it was just a random network connectivity glitch, solved by a reboot after my wife got off the plane."
"Of course, I'm well aware of the location-sharing features that smartphones offer. Apple and Google both make it easy to let friends and family track your whereabouts, which in turn gives those companies valuable location data (and, in Apple's case, reinforces the social pressure to have an iPhone). My wife and I have just never wanted to track each other this way, having agreed that it'd be creepy for either of us to do so. This weekend's travel blip did not change our minds."
A failed call triggered concern when repeated error messages read 'Your call could not be completed as dialed.' The spouse's absence and uncertainty about flight timing heightened unease until a network connectivity glitch was resolved by a reboot after landing. Family members suggested using phone-based location tracking for reassurance. Apple and Google make location sharing easy, which yields valuable location data and can amplify social pressure to choose certain platforms. The couple declined continuous location sharing, calling it creepy. Continuous mapping app checks and broader privacy implications make location tracking an unacceptable trade-off for them.
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