[dmitriid]

That anyone at the very least needs access to a smartphone, powerful-enough computer, and internet.

18% of households in the US say they can't afford home internet service: https://ntia.gov/blog/2022/switched-why-are-one-five-us-hous...

[riku_iki]

> 18% of households in the US say they can't afford home internet service

very hardly believable, unless they are chronically unemployed.

[dvt]

Not sure what this has to do with anything; my point was just that the bar is much more accessible, generally speaking, than it was prior to software being a thing. It wasn't some grand thesis about the affordability of internet or larger social problems (housing, poverty, etc.).

Seems like you're just trying to grandstand.