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New data shows the number of new mobile internet users is stalling (restofworld.org)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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  • 57% of the population is already connected to mobile internet.
  • In Pakistan, Nigeria, and Mexico, the rate of new mobile internet subscriber growth is slowing.
  • The remaining populations will be harder, and more expensive, to get online.
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[โ€“] verdantbanana 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

but that would make a less malleable population that is harder to contain and control

[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

Actually if you give people bread and circus, they are easy to control too. And we have plenty of circus, so...