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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 zavi »

poldoga wrote: post #33
zavi wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's very condescending towards Filipinos.

Filipino here, I didn't feel insulted. Its probably true. For a lot of people, the Internet = Facebook. Add to that the fact that Facebook is free due to telco subsidies and a culture that loves social interactions.

Only because you're not insulted doesn't logically mean it's not condescending.

If a nation with a young population has a higher adoption rate for a modern technology than "developed" countries that are twice as old on average then good for Philippines. No need to dismiss them as "zombies" and bring in the usual Facebook circlejerk.

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Post by max_wen »

nodesocket wrote: post #42

A bit surprised, I just got back from South Korea, and Instagram is beyond huge there. I thought American's spent a lot of time on their phones, until I spent a month in South Korea.

if your only comparison point is USA then that is the issue. (I am American living in Asia 5+ years)

And yes, IG is huuuuuuuuuge in SK.

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

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Post by max_wen »

poldoga wrote: post #33
zavi wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's very condescending towards Filipinos.

Filipino here, I didn't feel insulted. Its probably true. For a lot of people, the Internet = Facebook. Add to that the fact that Facebook is free due to telco subsidies and a culture that loves social interactions.

because this is a time metric, I wonder how much the Phillipines' time use is impacted .. by .... sloooooooow ..... connection ........ speeeeeeeeeds.

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

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Post by kaetemi »

zavi wrote: post #32
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.

That's very condescending towards Filipinos.

It's true, though.

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

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Post by Alex3917 »

geekpowa wrote: post #5

Unsurprising Philippines is at top of list. World leader in adoption of tech that enables social interaction. From 2007: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-textmessages/... Another. Undated. Avg sms per month per subscriber = 600. Or 20 a day. Which seems low, I'm sure I've seen figures alot higher than this. https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-send-a-text-to-the...

Since long before that. The whole Joseph Estrada thing was in 2001.

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

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Post by actionowl »

Higest daily usage, and some of the lowest speeds[1]

Maybe they're on the internet for longer periods of time because the speeds are so low and quality is so inconsistent that they _have_ to stay on the internet longer to get anything done! Having lived in PH off-and-on for about a year I know the pain first hand...

[1] https://www.rappler.com/technology/news/178792-philippines-r...

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

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Post by kaetemi »

apostacy wrote: post #19
rebelpixel wrote: post #16

Filipino internet user here. Can at least say that 10 hours a day for most Filipinos seem accurate enough—most people here are connected to FB Messenger via telcos' free FB promos. And a lot of Filipinos use Facebook like a realtime social lobby, replying to comments and status updates almost instantly. Sadly though, most of the data probably applies to Filipinos in Metro Manila and developed cities, and there's stil…

I visited the Philippines recently, and was shocked at how non-neutral it was. ISPs have promotions like "free half an hour of YouTube per day". It is like the nightmare scenario that we in the rest of the world were warned about. Worse, someone told me that in 2012, internet service was way better, but then they realized they could just throttle everyone down and jack the prices up. And I also had to have a Globe an…

The throttling only occurs on 'unlimited' plans. Just paying per GB here, and my mobile data speed peaks generally around 10 to 50 Mbps.

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

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Post by visarga »

jjcm wrote: post #35
tfolbrecht wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have intermittent connectivity issues, and [mosh]( https://mosh.org/ ) has been super helpful with typing lag, reconnecting.

+1 for mosh - life changing on spotty connections. I can tether in the back of a car in rural side streets and still keep a ssh session going strong with no disconnects on mosh. The mosh client is also available for chrome / chrome OS, which as saved me a few times.

I'm using Eternal Terminal which also supports scrollback.

https://mistertea.github.io/EternalTerminal/

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

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Post by nedp »

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 lost the time to click articles as time goes by.

I wish they made the plan's cheaper but this is the Philippines where internet sucks and PLDT (PH's largest internet provider) and Smart (PLDT's carrier) are the worst.

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