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Living in a third world country right now that's rapidly developing. This is almost exclusively a smartphone-only internet society: "the internet" equals to Fac
by stingraycharles 11y ago
Living in a third world country right now that's rapidly developing. This is almost exclusively a smartphone-only internet society: "the internet" equals to Facebook, Youtube and Skype. Maybe some Clash of Clans, but that's it. There is no desire to open a web browser.
I don't see this changing any time in the future, either. There are still a lot of people without decent internet access here. I am pretty sure nearly all of these people will use Facebook's version of the internet, were it made available to them.
And don't have any illusions: there is no such thing as "net neutrality" here: internet speeds for domestic internet is way faster and cheaper than "real" internet. People have domestic-only internet plans, simply because it's all they need. So there already is massive restrictions put on the internet here, and I would argue that internet.org is not as evil as the local ISPs are.
Smartphone/app only internet is completely different from desktop-centric internet like it is in western countries.
- wesleyy 11y agoDoes nobody ever have to use google to look something up? Something as simple as sickness symptoms or how to make bread or whether it's going to rain on Saturday? Surely these would require net neutrality and won't be all covered by youtube and wikipedia?
- stingraycharles 11y agoNo, really, not. I live in Cambodia. Cambodian people care about Facebook, but nobody ever taught them how to use Google. They simply do not know about anything that is withing Safari or Chrome. Education is low here, but smartphone penetration very high. It's all about sharing pictures and videos through Facebook.
- wesleyy 11y agothat's interesting...