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pyralelast Wednesday at 2:08 PM1 replyview on HN

> When you choose an eccentric lifestyle

Many "eccentric" lifestyles are not chosen.

For instance not owning a smartphone or not having access to power easily is not necessarily limited to well-off tech-savv hipsters who want to make a statement, homeless people, older people in less connected areas or people in developing countries can also be in that situation.

When you make your services depend on specific access, and you give people without it no escape hatch, your service becoming successful usually means worsening access for people that have fewer means to adapt.


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modelesslast Wednesday at 2:12 PM

Homeless people get free smartphones and free service in the US. Living in very rural areas is in fact a lifestyle choice. Not all choices need to be subsidized.

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