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You're not a weirdo here on HN, most of us probably have desktop/laptop computers. However, for the majority of the global population, they only have a mobile d
by cloudking 5y ago
You're not a weirdo here on HN, most of us probably have desktop/laptop computers. However, for the majority of the global population, they only have a mobile device as their computer. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile/ https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile/
- krajzeg 5y agoI checked your link because the claim seemed improbable to me. Here is what I found: - 77% US adults currently own a desktop/laptop computer (interestingly, this seems to hold mostly steady since 2008) - 85% US adults own smartphones There is no "only own a smartphone category" in the data. There is a "relies on their smartphone for internet access, with no broadband internet". This one is just 15% of adults, though slightly higher in the 18-29 age group. I can't see anything in that link that would support the majority of people using only a mobile device.
- esrh 5y agoI think the link is bad evidence, but they mentioned the "global population," which makes the claim more reasonable.
- cloudking 5y agoWrong link my mistake, US has high usage of desktop/laptop but in most other parts of the world smartphone is primary device. https://gs.statcounter.com/platform-market-share/desktop-mobile-tablet https://gs.statcounter.com/platform-market-share/desktop-mob...