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New data shows the number of new mobile internet users is stalling (restofworld.org)

submitted 3 days ago by Joker@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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 94 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] josefo@leminal.space 22 points 3 days 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 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

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

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] TseseJuer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

just as these greedy cucks want