I see your point and it does make some sense. But imagine this analogous situation, a poor American cannot afford the electricity bill for her home, and a lightbulb company offers to provide reduced-cost electricity with the conditions that (1) she can only use lightbulbs purchased from that company in her home, and (2) the electricity only powers the lightbulbs - no other appliances in the house can be turned on.

Now you could make the same argument that you made in your post, but I don't think the lightbulb company comes off looking so good.

There is no limit on my truconnect phone for calls texts or data. There are multiple companies set up outside the general relief office and I am eligible for a phone from each one; so, even if there wasn't a generous data plan, a combination of phones would solve that. As does using free wifi which is available at all libraries and police stations where I live.

Posting garbage about poor people's situations that is untrue only serves to hurt everybody. Please stop.

I have never heard of a government provided phone with unlimited data plan. I don't think the government should be providing a "combination of phones" for free to each poor person. I am happy you can use free WiFi. I think that if you want to watch YouTube and google is willing to pay for your data, that's OK and no one will be hurt.

I think it's worse. It might provide some low quality entertainment as a TV replacement, which just takes up people's time. It might be in that person's interest at the time but not in the interest of society in general.

I don't like to tell others what is the best use of their time, or what "society" wants them to be doing. People are free to choose what to do with their own time.