Use of Internet, Social Media and Digital Devices Plateaus In US, Pew Research Center Finds (pewresearch.org) 22
A new analysis from the Pew Research Center finds that "the share of Americans who go online, use social media or own key devices has remained stable the past two years." From the report: The share who say they have broadband internet service at home currently stands at 65% -- nearly identical to the 67% who said this in a survey conducted in summer 2015. And when it comes to desktop or laptop ownership, there has actually been a small dip in the overall numbers over the last two years -- from 78% in 2016 to 73% today. A contributing factor behind this slowing growth is that parts of the population have reached near-saturation levels of adoption of some technologies. Put simply, in some instances there just aren't many non-users left. For example, nine-in-ten or more adults younger than 50 say they go online or own a smartphone. And a similar share of those in higher-income households have laptops or desktops.
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Americans are finally waking up.... or... (Score:2)
Not reproducing anymore... Which is unlikely. Social media is the scourge of the internet; sooner people realize this the better. If you like being a product in the name of "social media"; then you're part of the problem.
I for one, cant wait for the old days of forums and IRC to return.
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This is some weapons grade derp.
time for the copyright crash of 2020 (Score:2)
As soon as they can't have ever increasing revenue they will start to feed on one another.
Same Day. Really? (Score:2)
I'm usually not one to complain about slashdot posts (in fact I'm more likely to get irritated by others) but lately we've had some awfully redundant posts.
In this case https://news.slashdot.org/stor... [slashdot.org] seems awfully too similar to this post.
That needs to plateau (Score:2)
This people needs to work, sleep and have a life.
They cannot be online more and more.
Plus there is people who cannot or don't want to go online.