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How poor are people that a low cost email service is too expensive? $5 a month for Europeans or Americans would be nothing. Think how much poor people spend on
by briandear 3y ago
How poor are people that a low cost email service is too expensive? $5 a month for Europeans or Americans would be nothing. Think how much poor people spend on stamps.
- sp332 3y agoPoor enough that they don’t have a bank account to pay for the email service.
- ejb999 3y agoand yet we assume they are wealthy enough to own a mobile phone and/or computer/tablet to access that email.
- sp332 3y agoPublic libraries https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32304320 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32304320 Subsidised phones and internet access https://www.fcc.gov/lifeline-consumers https://www.fcc.gov/lifeline-consumers
- iAMkenough 3y agoContrary to popular belief, most homeless people have cellphones.
- ejb999 3y agowell then however they are affording a mobile phone and the monthly service, they can probably figure out how to pay $5/month for email if they don't want to use one of the free options.
- b112 3y agoPeople can have an older phone, given free, cast off by people buying the latest-and-greatest, and use public wifi for everything. The phone can literally be free. This requires no monthly service.
- freetanga 3y agoIn many cases is the expectation of the service being free… If someone told you that checking the weather app is .50 usd per query, you probably would try to find a different alternative, as you expect it to be free.