| > relevant survey data Based on a cursory look, keywords can include "smartphone-only internet users" and "large-screen computer ownership". The American Community Survey asks questions related to that (income, computing devices). Comparing states, the poorer the residents of a state, the smaller the percent of households with regular computers ("large-screen computer ownership"), per "Computer Ownership and the Digital Divide" (Mihaylova and Whitacre, 2025) [0, 1, 2]. Also, Pew runs surveys on income and device usage ("smartphone-only"). Again, the lower the income, the higher the proportion that is smartphone-only [3, 4]. [0] Chart: https://files.catbox.moe/emdada.png [1] Paper, "Census Data with Brian Whitacre.pdf": https://files.catbox.moe/1ttgee.pdf [2] Web: https://www.benton.org/blog/computer-ownership-and-digital-d... [3] Pew chart: https://files.catbox.moe/fs62tf.png [4] Pew web: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile/ |
The idea that smartphones aren't computers and their users aren't deserving of software freedom is frustratingly entitled.