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People with little internet access don't have the tools to properly comparison shop, they're going to walk into an AT&T or Boost store and probably leave with w
by resfirestar 10y ago
People with little internet access don't have the tools to properly comparison shop, they're going to walk into an AT&T or Boost store and probably leave with what the salesperson is able to push on them. iPhones have always been available for around $200 with carrier subsidies, if I'm not forgetting an early period when it cost more.
Then there's the issue of older people using the term "iPhone" generically. Poor people overwhelmingly have Android phones (as evidenced by the massive disparity between the perceived iPhone market share in the tech bubble and reality), but it's all the same to Republicans.
- vilmosi 10y agoNo, it's not all the same to Republicans. They know poor people have Androids. Which is the whole point of this thread. Why do some poor people have an iPhone?
- resfirestar 10y agoWe live in a free society where the government doesn't have much control over how you live your life. Even though it's smarter for a budget-conscious consumer to buy a Moto G, some people won't, and there's nothing we can do about it. And with health insurance being expensive as it is, it's just lying to claim that poor people could buy their own health insurance if they would only drop their standard of living even further.