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We're on a site for a VC right? Big risks for massive rewards. The biggest risk is compassion. The reward a dedicated however many people you help as customers
by corobo 6y ago
We're on a site for a VC right? Big risks for massive rewards. The biggest risk is compassion. The reward a dedicated however many people you help as customers later. If an AppleHelps scheme set me on a path out of poverty I would never even think the word Android.
Companies are the only entities with the clout and long term justification to get those reforms started on.
e: version 1 of this comment was very snarky, sorry. I took your comment as quite dismissive and responded emotionally.
- giantg2 6y agoI see what you are saying. I guess I just don't know what those companies could do to pull those people out of poverty, especially at the macroeconomic level. It would likely be easier for them (Apple, Google, Samsung, etc) to join forces and lobby the government to provide people in poverty with smartphones, or at least provide grants similar to rural internet grants today. What do you envision for an "AppleHelps" program?
- jph 6y agoSpecific measurable actionable relevant timely (SMART) steps that Apple/iOS and Google/Android could do to help poorer people: 1. Improve device sharing. One example: a family can have one phone with individual accounts for each member. 2. Permit better repairs. One example: the company can state that it's legal for a user to replace an old phone battery. 3. Accelerate free knowledge. One example: preinstall Wikipedia and similar free libre open source software (FLOSS).
- giantg2 6y agoWouldn't #1 and #2 potentially reduce their profits, especially if there's nothing limiting it to the poor? #3 sounds good.
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