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		mattl on Nov 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Max Headroom Incident For practical purposes smartphones don't exist for a lot of people today, but we're not saying we're in the pre-smartphone era.

rufus_foreman on Nov 23, 2021 [–]

If a smartphone cost a dollar a minute to use, we would be saying we're in the pre-smartphone era.

Edit: sorry, per minute, not per hour.

mattl on Nov 23, 2021 | [–]

I'm sure there are places in the world where a smartphone basically costs way more than that.

Just because your access was a dollar an hour, does not mean it didn't exist.

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