Redditor recounts experience with motoblur

Okay, The year is 2012. In January, I got my first Android phone - Motorola Atrix. It has a fingerprint sensor in the power button. Now with my Sony Xperia XZ Premium, I've come full circle 😏 So it came with Motoblur based on Android 2.3.4. At the time, I wasn't prepared to flash ROMs, I didn't have the knowledge needed. Motoblur requires you to log into a Motorola account every time you switch sim cards. That requires an internet connection. I live in Israel, and here, starting that year, going onto now, data plans only worked within Israel (it was much worse earlier), and you would be better off buying a specialised SIM if you're overseas, than using your Israeli sim overseas. I had one, and that SIM was supposed to have a data plan, but the company were assholes because it was some special thing for tourists (this time when I traveled I just bought a local SIM from a local shop), so they just didn't give me data. The thing is, I couldn't use my Israeli SIM either, as I wasn't in Israel anymore. Back then, the Verona airport, where I was, didn't have free WiFi. It had paid wifi, which you pay for by credit card. Well guess what, I had to switch SIM cards to make calls, and I couldn't log into the network from the Motoblur setup screen, which wasn't skippable. I had an unusable phone in my hand. My mother forgot her credit card in Israeli airport security (Israeli security is very strong), so the credit card was in Israel, and the car rental (which was needed because I had a 2 year old brother with me) needed a credit card for security (my mother had a lot of cash, but in AUD, for some reason, she didn't convert much to Euros). I would've called my father who didn't fly with us, but I couldn't, because I was stuck on the Motoblur setup! Luckily, my mother had an old 2006 Nokia in her bag, so I popped the special SIM into there, we managed to get him to fax a photocopy of his credit card, the car was rented, and when I got to the hotel, I could finally use the WiFi in the lobby to activate the Motoblur login. I was so stressed and tired, and we basically wasted a day because my father had to go home and get the fax working. I like to call fax fucks because of how bad it is. Thanks Motoblur. Good job. You were already bad enough.