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>I strongly believe personalized nutrition and shopping experiences will have major impact on non communicable diseases. What about all the poor people without
by bragr 4y ago
>I strongly believe personalized nutrition and shopping experiences will have major impact on non communicable diseases.
What about all the poor people without smartphones? We have such an unequal distribution of wealth and technology in this county that (particularly on site like this with mostly digital natives) it is easy to loose sight of the fact that the poorest ~20% still don't have basic smart phones, or maybe even basic flip phones. Hell they might not even have email accounts.
One thing that has been made clear by all the social programs that were stood up during the pandemic is that landlines and snail mail are still the most common denominator of communication for the poor. Until we get to some simple "smartphones for all" program, I don't see this changing any time soon.
- AmericanChopper 4y ago> What about all the poor people without smartphones? Poor people have smartphones. Even poor people in developing nations are likely to have smartphones. Basic smartphones are ultra cheap commodities.
- bragr 4y ago>Poor people have smartphones Some poor people have smartphones. I guess some will get to eat. Also while there is penatration of smartphones into poorer countries, it is hardly 100% >However, compared to other markets across the globe, India’s smartphone penetration rate is still relatively low. [1] [1] https://www.statista.com/topics/4600/smartphone-market-in-india/#dossierKeyfigures https://www.statista.com/topics/4600/smartphone-market-in-in...
- jdminhbg 4y ago> Some poor people have smartphones. I guess some will get to eat. I have no idea how you got from "smartphone apps will affect how people shop for food" to "anyone without a smartphone will be starved."
- AmericanChopper 4y agoSimilar to their initial point, they just made it up.
- robonerd 4y agoOr the people who have smartphones and are sick of it and pine for the old ways, but feel compelled to keep one by society increasingly expects that everybody have one and capriciously install invasive apps on it, even for things like buying groceries!
- astrange 4y agoWhat's invasive about a grocery store app? Seems less invasive than going to the store - they could always record you there and they certainly know what you buy.
- robonerd 4y agoIf the app wasn't spyware, they wouldn't be so keen on getting me to use it instead of using a web page.
- astrange 4y agoNobody wants to use a grocery store web page on their phone, and nobody wants to use a computer instead of their phone.
- robonerd 4y agoWeb pages work just fine on phones, except companies are suspiciously forceful with their recommendations that you use their app instead. Don't pretend Reddit isn't doing this; others do as well.
- OJFord 4y agoAre you kidding? I frequently stop what I'm already doing on my phone in frustration, and get out a laptop or turn on a computer to do it in a proper browser/screen/keyboard instead of an app/mobile browser.