I'll ignore the broader exaggeration here (i.e., not everyone has access) just to say: someone, somewhere is paying. It just may not be you. Bandwidth isn't free.
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But not everyone returns their messages
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Except in Dubai: “VoIP is technically disallowed in the UAE... Both Etisalat and du currently provide two applications called Botim and C'Me. You can use these apps to make unlimited voice and video calls. The only catch is that you have to pay for them.”
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But everyone takes this for granted, Louis CK has a perfect opinion about it.
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Even if we disregard Internet censorship, you can only communicate with barely more than half of the world's population. "As of June 2017, 51% of the world's population has internet access." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Internet_usage …
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The trick is having useful enough things to say that they want to communicate back
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Asynchronously too. That’s huge.
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...and then they respond.
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So long as they have internet
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Amazing. And now a similar truth is here for money
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Mind blowing. Coin based incentive structures will eventually fuel a majority of high quality direct communication.
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So long as you can afford the startup costs/monthly fees/etc.
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Apparently not in prison though:https://www.wired.com/story/jpay-securus-prison-email-charging-millions/ …
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Well. It’s partly true. Messaging is free now world over. You would be surprised about voice calls though. Still many parts of the world where it’s very expensive.
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Thanks Daniel, every time I want to give up, you come up with something new. All it takes is a little bit of hope to be motivated again. Internet is awesome not just because of chat apps.
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