11% of Americans don’t use the internet

Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by superbaconman on Monday July 23, 2018 @06:06PM (#17596402)

I just realized that growing up computers were basically only for research and creating content. Now that bandwidth is so cheap computers are only for consumption.

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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by majewsky on Monday July 23, 2018 @06:11PM (#17596432)

Don't know when you grew up, but computer games were already a thing before the internet became widely available.

(Of course, a video game is vastly more engaging and interactive than a random YouTube video.)

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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by gurkendoktor on Monday July 23, 2018 @07:07PM (#17596783)

There's nothing inherently wrong with consumption, and it overlaps with doing research. You could be watching educational videos or deeply philosophical discussions on YouTube all day. I don't even mind pure consumption devices like my Kindle or my iPad because there's so much great content around.

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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by slededit on Monday July 23, 2018 @06:34PM (#17596575)

"computers" as in traditional PCs are regaining their creator role. Microsoft even calls their windows update "Creator Edition". Phones and tablets are almost pure consumption devices with a few exceptions.

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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by readhn on Monday July 23, 2018 @06:12PM (#17596449)

They dont call us "consumers" for nothing....

soon they'll take away the keyboards and other ways/inputs to mess with the "insides" of a computer ... and all you'll have is a touch screen to choose this or that.. while consuming...actually thats happening already with iPad etc..

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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by readhn on Monday July 23, 2018 @06:26PM (#17596531)

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201803290068.html

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