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Yes, even those people make up a tiny fraction of the internet. Satellite internet typically will not work for those people, and there is no point in trying to
by shaklee3 8y ago
Yes, even those people make up a tiny fraction of the internet. Satellite internet typically will not work for those people, and there is no point in trying to sell to them.
- philwelch 8y agoKids who play Fortnite are absolutely not “a tiny fraction of the Internet”.
- village-idiot 8y agoKids who play fortnite don't have any decision authority when it comes to whether or not to use cable or satellite.
- tuxxy 8y agoEhhh, not sure about this. If you're a parent and your kid is begging you to get faster internet, you might listen to them a little bit. If their marketing can get those kids to do that, then that might be a successful campaign.
- village-idiot 8y agoI agree in principle that kids can influence parental purchasing, and that marketing is geared to take advantage of that. But the effect appears to be most effective for items that are exciting and tangible objects in front of the child; think checkout aisle candy, not “boring” adult things like finance and bills. Here’s an interesting parallel; how much say does any child have in the cell phone plan that a family uses? Probably damn close to 0. That’s a decision that the parents make on their own, and dictate the rules of usage to their children. I suspect that internet service will remain that way as well.
- wongarsu 8y agoThe huge amounts of marketing aimed at kids would suggest kids on average have a lot of influence on decisions in their household
- village-idiot 8y agoFor candy and toys, sure. But there are a wide range of goods and services where the child has 0 say. Cars, homes, and even cell phone companies never market to kids in order to influence the parents, implying that children have no meaningful impact in these areas. Now these services advertise to adults with children, such as being able to call your kids whenever with the unlimited cell phone plan, but that’s still advertising to the adult, not the child.
- jacobush 8y agoSample of things kids who play Fortnite have (indirect) decision authority on: fortnite v-bucks default gift for birthdays, displacing the movie gift cards racking up hundreds of dollars worth of v-bucks per year getting family to buy a Samsumg S10+ so they can reap the associated "skin" to their Fortnite account graphics cards upgrades (expensive) gaming mice and other gear pushed by youtubers general merch like toys
- shaklee3 8y ago2.4% of internet users play fortnite. Is that a large percentage to you?
- dotancohen 8y agoThat's the same percentage as Linux users, and just yesterday I closed my Box.com membership because the don't have a Linux client "due to low demand".
- Krasnol 8y agoIt pretty much is imho because it's just this one game and there are more.
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- apexalpha 8y agoPeople outside the western world still very much use internet cafeś / game cafes to play games on decent hardware and with a good connection.