Owen Fraser, a bus passenger in Scotland, writes in The Guardian that he spends £264 more each year on bus fares because he does not use a smartphone. The First bus company in his area offers a weekly pass that can be purchased on the bus, but a monthly pass is only available through its app. By relying on the weekly pass (which he can buy without a smartphone), he incurs this extra annual cost. Fraser notes that while he benefits from Scotland's scheme providing free bus travel for children and young people under 22 with a physical national entitlement card, he is affected by the wider problem of cheaper bus pass options being confined to smartphone apps. He uses a non-standard operating system on his phone to avoid the dominant Android and iOS platforms. 'Accessible public transport should not depend on which computer software is used by the passenger,' Fraser asserts. He also points out that First is not alone in this practice, citing supermarkets' loyalty schemes as another example of app-only discounts that penalize non-smartphone users. The letter was published in response to an article by Anna Tims about schoolchildren without smartphones facing higher bus fares.