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The number of people in the United States who use the Internet increased steadily from 2000 until 2012, when the percentage of offline adults fell to 15 percent. Since then, despite efforts by the government and social service organizations to encourage Americans to get online, that number hasn't budged, according to Pew.
Why are some Americans so reluctant to sign on? A third of those surveyed who aren't online (34 percent) said they don't think the Internet is relevant to their lives, or that they're simply not interested in what the Web has to offer. Another 32 percent of people who don't use the Internet said the technology required to access the Internet is just too tough to get the hang of, and 8 percent said they were "too old to learn."
But some people said they don't use the Internet because they cannot afford to do so, according to Pew. The survey data showed that 19 percent of those not online cited the expense of Internet service or owning a computer as their reason for staying offline.
Facebook and Google have been in the news recently because they want to get everyone online. What if those people don't want to?
(Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday August 04 2015, @12:27PM
Its an opiate of the masses. When they talk about "watching cat videos" thats a dog whistle polite company phrase for "shemale tranny pr0n on /b/" For the folks in charge that is much better than the masses awakening and becoming politically active or protesting or pretty much doing anything other than working and shopping.
Its just like voting for one of two candidates the rich guys carefully selected "Oh well, guess I can't complain about the results, after all, I voted!"
Or TV / sports as a bread and circuses.
Or the original opiate of the masses, that being religion.
Every idiot whining on /r/ is one idiot not carrying a protest sign down main street.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 05 2015, @02:17AM
Cat videos are tranny vids? I figured one would browse the pubic library for those.