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Re:Americans are poorly served by their grocery stores by AmericanChopper on Friday June 03, 2022 @05:30PM (#31613894)
> What about all the poor people without smartphones?

Poor people have smartphones. Even poor people in developing nations are likely to have smartphones. Basic smartphones are ultra cheap commodities.

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Re:Americans are poorly served by their grocery stores by bragr on Friday June 03, 2022 @05:36PM (#31613971)
>Poor people have smartphones

Some poor people have smartphones. I guess some will get to eat. Also while there is penatration of smartphones into poorer countries, it is hardly 100%

>However, compared to other markets across the globe, India’s smartphone penetration rate is still relatively low. [1]

[1] https://www.statista.com/topics/4600/smartphone-market-in-in...

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Re:Americans are poorly served by their grocery stores by jdminhbg on Friday June 03, 2022 @06:42PM (#31614594)
> Some poor people have smartphones. I guess some will get to eat.

I have no idea how you got from "smartphone apps will affect how people shop for food" to "anyone without a smartphone will be starved."

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Re:Americans are poorly served by their grocery stores by AmericanChopper on Friday June 03, 2022 @10:48PM (#31616474)
Similar to their initial point, they just made it up.
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