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  • 57% of the population is already connected to mobile internet.
  • In Pakistan, Nigeria, and Mexico, the rate of new mobile internet subscriber growth is slowing.
  • The remaining populations will be harder, and more expensive, to get online.
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[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 89 points 1 day ago

If companies want more saturation they can always advocate for government policies that lift people out of poverty.

[-] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

but that would make a less malleable population that is harder to contain and control

[-] josefo@leminal.space 22 points 1 day ago

Actually if you give people bread and circus, they are easy to control too. And we have plenty of circus, so...

[-] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Or – outlaw porn and birth-control and hope the birth rate goes up.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

That just makes more poor people who can't afford things.

[-] TseseJuer@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

just as these greedy cucks want

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 day ago

Domestic terrorist spotted

How dare you?!

The government MUST provide corpos with cash transfers and other state aid like US feds did with our ISPs for rural brandband

Win win, fuck u peasants!

this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2024
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