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[–] polygeek ago (edited ago)
"New Order" Amish use mobile phones, and even have websites.
More poor people have mobile phones instead of computers...penetration of that market is especially high in third world countries.
I'm a high functioning technologist and Luddite in the heart of Silicon Valley. I've been talking to people about pervasive and invasive technology for years, but you wouldn't know that. Kind of funny now, but I actually had someone apologize for accusing me of being full of shit until after Snowden's revelations.
Would you rather the gov't hire a private company to steal information on you so it can get around illegal data collection? Because that's (in part) what is happening.
[–] Stopmotionhistory ago
I live and deal with the Amish, - Mennonites - are what you think are amish. You are wrong. I deal with many people who live what you would call off grid, The amish are very closed, I deal with the children ( in their 20'S ) because the adults do not deal with outsiders. Go watch more tv .
[–] polygeek ago
Cherrypick much? You didn't address anything else.
https://www.amishgazebos.com/amish-myths/
https://listverse.com/2015/05/24/10-modern-luxuries-the-amish-actually-use/
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-I-see-Amish-people-using-cell-phones
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/business/amish-technology.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish_life_in_the_modern_world