Re:$149 Chromebooks
by Mikeb85 on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @04:44PM
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In the third world, internet access is more common than you think... My wife's family gets more reliable internet and wireless coverage than they do electricity or plumbing. When I went down there, you could go to a textile shop or open air market and I'd pick up open WiFi hotspots..m
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Re:$149 Chromebooks
by have_humility on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @05:17PM
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Not to mention that "first-world country where ubiquitous internet access via wifi hotspots has been implemented" doesn't particularly describe, say, the US very well. The picture painted to try to make these contrasts tends to itself stand in contrast to the picture that is real life.
Not that the over-arching sentiment of "you shouldn't take the existence of an always-available network connection for granted" is a bad one. It's just that saying, basically, "These devices aren't suitable everywhere; consider market segments that may be less mature than the big, contemporary Western one you're most familiar with, for example" is a little bit of a weird and not terribly convincing way to express it.
Re:$149 Chromebooks
by namenotrequired on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @05:59PM
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In support of this, in my SO's city in Brazil there's many more public wifi places than anywhere in the Netherlands.