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Re:No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the no... by pbourke on Thursday August 24, 2023 @11:50AM (#37250301)
1. Not all cellphones are smartphones, and not all smartphones are capable of running a given app

2. Presumably a debit card on the same network would work just as well. What’s the credit + debit card penetration rate?

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Re:No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the no... by scarface_74 on Thursday August 24, 2023 @12:03PM (#37250497)
Okay smart phone penetration rate is 91%

https://www.oberlo.com/statistics/how-many-americans-have-sm....

4.5% of the US is "unbanked". So now we are talking about 4.5% vs 9% and the overlap is probably small.

And before you say poor people probably don't have smart phones. 94% of homeless people have cell phones. The percentage of poor people with cell phones is probably higher.

https://priceschool.usc.edu/news/homeless-los-angeles-cell-p....

(No I'm not judging homeless people for having a life line for survival)

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