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since they need the phone subscription anyway
Not all phone subscriptions are smartphone subscriptions. The price difference between my current Virgin Mobile USA phone subscription and the cheapest subscription for an Android phone (with a data plan) is about $30 per month. I use a dumbphone on a $15 per 90 days payLo plan, and the cheapest Beyond Talk plan is $35 per month.
What compelling advantage to TomTom devices have over Android Phones with Google Maps?
That depends. How much do TomTom map updates cost compared to $30/mo for a data plan?
There's simply no way that abuse of the DMCA can be fought without fighting the DMCA itself
I agree with you. It's just that due to the movie industry's control of the news media, nobody can get elected on a platform of pro-commons copyright reform.
Buy $20 or $30 worth of [dumbphone] minutes every few months, and don't use minutes you can't afford.
Is that with or without a home phone? If without, I can't see looking for a new job on one minute a day.
Thrift stores.
It doesn't scale. If everybody wore their clothes out, what would there be to donate to thrift stores?
God forbid any of them should be without air conditioning
In some demographics, air conditioning is the only way to stave off heat-related illnesses.
smartphones
Smartphones as opposed to what? No phone at all?
new clothes
When one's clothes start to wear out, what else is one supposed to do?
They also might become curious about how it works which leads to learning what is under the hood
And ultimately to getting sued in federal court for learning what is under the hood. Sony v. Hotz.
Granted, very few people are setting up their own social networks
For one thing, people set up their own web forums all the time. For another, that could change if development of Diaspora gains momentum. Do you think that's gonna happen?
Vote anarchist.