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Philippines tops world internet usage index with an average 10 hours a day

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Re: Philippines tops world internet usage index with an average 10 hours a day

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Post by ygkkojr6 »

kartan wrote: post #60
bdibs wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you really blame the carriers, at what point does personal responsibility take over?

> at what point does personal responsibility take over? Maybe a good approach can be: - When there are millions of people with otherwise functional lives falling for unhealthy behaviour then you blame the carriers. - When there is a very small percentage of the population engaging in that behaviour, then is personal responsibility. For example, personal responsibility cannot be asked for when people lack education.

It's incredible how condescending people here are. Since you see no value in Facebook, those who use it a lot must be uneducated barbarians who are not willing to spend their time on [thing you enjoy]

Re: Philippines tops world internet usage index with an average 10 hours a day

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Post by dirtylowprofile »

I’m from Philippines and Facebook is huge here. Very huge and a bit of concerning because telcos (which are a monopoly here) has free mobile data for users and tons of fake news get reposted. Facebook has also been used as a political tool here.

Re: Philippines tops world internet usage index with an average 10 hours a day

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Post by edpichler »

After observations, I have a theory that the poorest and boring places are potentially the ones that most use the Internet. The lack of activities makes people look for cheap entertainment and the Internet is full of it. This happens in small cities of Brazil. When the city doesn't have parks and outdoor activities, people stay at games and on the Internet, because there aren't activities to do, and get hooked. A repeated behavior became a habit.

Re: Philippines tops world internet usage index with an average 10 hours a day

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Post by xedeon »

edpichler wrote: post #73

After observations, I have a theory that the poorest and boring places are potentially the ones that most use the Internet. The lack of activities makes people look for cheap entertainment and the Internet is full of it. This happens in small cities of Brazil. When the city doesn't have parks and outdoor activities, people stay at games and on the Internet, because there aren't activities to do, and get hooked. A rep…

I was borned and raised in the Philippines and visit there frequently. I wouldn't call it "boring". In fact far from it..

Heck, I would trade living there (currently in the U.S.) if it wasn't for the lack of high paying tech jobs for all of the outdoor and aquatic activities that are closely within reach after a relatively short drive.

Re: Philippines tops world internet usage index with an average 10 hours a day

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Post by wyclif »

ciguy wrote: post #67
wyclif wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a Westerner in the Philippines now, and just the other day I went out to a restaurant and there were a group of young people having dinner at the next table. As they ate, they all were staring at their phones and not conversing, just eating. I thought, "oh well, after they finish eating they'll probably be social over drinks." Nope, I was wrong. After the plates were cleared away, they all remained zombies glued…

Same here, I'm American but live in Manila at the moment. There are many things here that happen due to lack of cultural precedent such as rampant unchecked phone use during social outings. One can only hope that the culture will evolve eventually to make this type of antisocial behaviour less acceptable.

Oppo, which is a top Chinese smartphone maker, has a huge share of the Filipino market. And how they market these phones here in the Philippines is very revealing. The ads say: "Oppo: the selfie phone." That's right, the phone is actually marketed as a device primarily for taking selfies, not voice, SMS, or web.

Re: Philippines tops world internet usage index with an average 10 hours a day

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Post by dirtylowprofile »

nedp wrote: post #50
dannyr wrote: post #22

This is mostly Facebook since it's zero-rated where most Filipino mobile users are prepaid. Young and old, rich and poor Filipinos are glued to their phones like zombies all day browsing Facebook.

Filipino here. I blame carriers here for making Facebook free-of-charge. Yes, good thing that Messenger let's us send messages for free. But the thing is, we can't see images nor visit links unless you get a data pack/promo or connect to a Wi-Fi. Especially news, people can't see thumbnails or click links so they directly jump to wrong assumptions based on what they see and hear from the comments. Some people just lo…

You forgot to mention Globe’s broadband. Which is way worse.

Re: Philippines tops world internet usage index with an average 10 hours a day

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Post by endless1234 »

wyclif wrote: post #75
ciguy wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same here, I'm American but live in Manila at the moment. There are many things here that happen due to lack of cultural precedent such as rampant unchecked phone use during social outings. One can only hope that the culture will evolve eventually to make this type of antisocial behaviour less acceptable.

Oppo, which is a top Chinese smartphone maker, has a huge share of the Filipino market. And how they market these phones here in the Philippines is very revealing. The ads say: "Oppo: the selfie phone." That's right, the phone is actually marketed as a device primarily for taking selfies, not voice, SMS, or web.

That's pretty standard everywhere, though? It's not like the newest iPhone would be marketed with "iPhone - the phone that makes calls and sends texts"

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Post by nedp »

skybrian wrote: post #55
nedp wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Filipino here. I blame carriers here for making Facebook free-of-charge. Yes, good thing that Messenger let's us send messages for free. But the thing is, we can't see images nor visit links unless you get a data pack/promo or connect to a Wi-Fi. Especially news, people can't see thumbnails or click links so they directly jump to wrong assumptions based on what they see and hear from the comments. Some people just lo…

I wonder if people adapt by copying articles instead of linking?

In some posts, some commenters paste the news contents from the link in the comments section but this is most usually happens during election time just like in 2016 wherein there is a hot discussion about a candidate (and blame news websites for bias reporting).

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Post by nedp »

dirtylowprofile wrote: post #77
nedp wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Filipino here. I blame carriers here for making Facebook free-of-charge. Yes, good thing that Messenger let's us send messages for free. But the thing is, we can't see images nor visit links unless you get a data pack/promo or connect to a Wi-Fi. Especially news, people can't see thumbnails or click links so they directly jump to wrong assumptions based on what they see and hear from the comments. Some people just lo…

You forgot to mention Globe’s broadband. Which is way worse.

I tried their home broadband. Not bad at all, I think it depends on the location.

Globe is best on mobile. They're the best but not so good with the promo offerings they give.

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