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Re:A realization of why email is critical infrastructure for... by BlueTemplar on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @06:29AM (#29723923)
Then we should first make sure that a computer and Internet access are luxuries rather than necessities.
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Re:A realization of why email is critical infrastructure for... by jiggunjer on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @06:58AM (#29724044)
Since we're regressing, maybe make water and electricity luxuries too.
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Re:A realization of why email is critical infrastructure for... by BlueTemplar on Thursday December 30, 2021 @06:15AM (#29735749)
In the sense that you shouldn't be required to know how to use them to be a full-fledged citizen. (Last I checked, a whopping 20% of citizens had trouble using them.) This involves stopping considering "digitalization" as a cost-cutting measure - and it never was to start with anyway, if one of the goals was to maintain the same quality of service - real human beings are just so much better at it.
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