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>one of the ingenious ideas to solve social and infrastructural problems by throwing an app at them The internet is not an app; the internet is infrastructure.
by syedkarim 11y ago
>one of the ingenious ideas to solve social and infrastructural problems by throwing an app at them
The internet is not an app; the internet is infrastructure.
- dozzie 11y agoInfrastructure for what? For apps, mostly, especially when it comes to smartphones. If you lack basic infrastructure, you won't benefit from information. You still need to do something with that information.
- pkinsky 11y agoIt's infrastructure for sending text, videos and photos to families, friends or business partners in other towns or cities, downloading repair manuals, music, books or movies, accessing weather predictions, translating between languages, etc. These things have real value.
- dozzie 11y agoOnly if you have basic needs covered already. If you don't, then those are pretty much useless. Read the lengthy comment written by veddox. And weather forecasts seem laughable idea for Africa. It's either deserts, when weather forecasts only help once in few months, or tropical climate, when you know exactly how it will be for next few months without any forecasts.
- tefo-mohapi 11y agoWhat's the point of useful information when you have issues securing your next meal?