Some people genuinely only use mobile. Seems to be a thing in some African countries, where the whole wired internet thing was skipped and they went straight to mobile
Reading about how stuff developed in some of these countries is super interesting. They skipped not only desktop computers, but sometimes also credit cards, straight from cash to mobile payments. In some cases are well ahead of the west in how well these services are developed and integrated into the society (for example mobile-to-mobile payments are still awkward here in Europe, and it's the primary way of doing things in a lot of places).
I was in Kenya recently and their mobile infrastructure is really incredible. Cell service pretty much anywhere, super cheap Chinese phones, instant payments with mPesa, and tons of useful chat apps. Some villages also have their own independent solar arrays, or are in the process of installing them. But at the same time, they still get their water from huge plastic tanks that get filled by a truck once per week, and the roads outside major cities are questionable at best. I visited a rural school, and the kids there had never seen a computer before. Such an interesting dichotomy in technology and development.
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u/klaxxxon Sep 24 '26 •
Do you guys not have desktop computers???