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Most likely, that refers to the homeless. It makes sense: homeless people have no residence, so nowhere to keep a PC, but a budget smartphone and a low-end dat
by amyjess 11y ago
Most likely, that refers to the homeless.
It makes sense: homeless people have no residence, so nowhere to keep a PC, but a budget smartphone and a low-end data plan isn't terribly expensive, and it's a useful investment, because having any kind of Internet connection at all is instrumental to getting a job and thus staying afloat and possibly making enough to get out of homelessness.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> Most likely, that refers to the homeless. Most likely, it refers to exactly what it says: poor people presenting for certain services; younger, minority, and low-income Americans are more likely than the population at large to be "smartphone-dependent", that is, have a smartphone as their sole source of internet access. [0] While it is (by far) not a majority in any of those groups, its a significant number. [0] see, e.g., http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/01/6-facts-about-americans-and-their-smartphones/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/01/6-facts-abou...
- afarrell 11y agoI didn't get a sense that they were referring to the homeless. I would naively assume that a homeless dude is unlikely to be applying for legal guardianship of his grandmother with dementia