Why should I have to pay more for buses if I don’t use a smartphone?

‘I am spending £264 extra over the course of a year simply for not using a phone that this specific app is designed for.’ Photograph: Johan Siebke/Alamy

I applaud Anna Tims for her article (Schoolchildren without smartphones penalised with higher bus fares, 26 September), raising the need for a unified approach on this issue to properly tackle the ill effects of such technology on children in the classroom and beyond.

I live in Scotland, where this issue is addressed by making bus travel free for children and young people under the age of 22 with a physical national entitlement card. I am, however, affected by the more general problem of cheaper bus pass options being hidden behind smartphone apps.