Qasim Rashid, Esq.May 22, 2023

Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.

“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”

Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, try and survive a month without it.😐

Show threadRicki Yasha Tarr
@QasimRashid This drives me insane, a cellphone hasn't been a luxury for 15 years +, why are people still saying this?!
May 22, 2023 at 3:28amWeb
Show threadAmadi LovelaceMay 22, 2023
@RickiTarr people know that jewelry and purses can be super cheap from Target or Walmart while looking functionally identical to expensive pieces, so now it’s cellphones and manicures.
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrMay 22, 2023
@amaditalks Well even if you have a newer iPhone a lot of times they are free with an extended plan or are being paid off in installments, most of the people I know don't just buy a $1400 phone. People like me just buy a Samsung that's 3 years old lol
Show threadDr MMay 22, 2023
@amaditalks @RickiTarr tell me who gives an iPhone for free with a plan these days? Haven’t seen discounts on handsets in years here in aus. They’re so expensive I keep for 4yrs to justify cost and I earn plenty.
Show threadJordi MargalefMay 22, 2023
@ivalaine @amaditalks @RickiTarr the handset is never free. Its cost is either serviced by a separate loan or included in the airtime of the provider. This option fell out of favour because it became an abusive permanent loan rather than a fixed term.
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrMay 22, 2023
@ivalaine @amaditalks Verizon does, and I'm pretty sure AT&T too, if you sign up for several years and/or have a phone trade in, but they are gonna get more than their monies worth back on that deal.
Show threadDr MMay 22, 2023
@amaditalks @RickiTarr fascinating. We used to get a discount on handset repayments if plans were on bigger end. Now the plans have just got bigger and bigger (and they keep adding new plans and scrapping smallest) on top of large phone repayments.
Show threadDr MMay 22, 2023
@amaditalks @RickiTarr everything has unlimited call and text but honestly everyone i call or text is via data anyway. And I don’t use that much data. Annoys me there is no basic plan anymore. Considering prepaid on the next one as save cost of the whole next phone with annual top ups!
Show threadAmadi LovelaceMay 22, 2023
@RickiTarr exactly. It’s not a sign of anything but people without any sense and a desire to tear down others will hone in on a smartphone and start ranting without knowing anything about the phone at all. It’s mere existence is enough.
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrMay 22, 2023
@amaditalks Because obviously the problem is poor people taking advantage of the system lol
Show threadAmadi LovelaceMay 22, 2023
@RickiTarr they’ve been successfully propagandized to view the poor person getting benefits as their enemy, not the corporation paying that person too little to survive, or a system that encourages such things.