Serious question: I remember claims that poorer countries basically switched to smartphones instead of PCs and phones are supposed surprisingly ubiquitous there. Can anybody confirm that?
Seats never made much sense to me and if the smartphone story has any truth to it, then I do not see any valid use case for that idea these days.
It's certainly true in urban India (and becoming more true in rural India). And this has the added bonus of bringing people into the banking system because you can store, send, and withdraw cash from your mobile account (this started in sub-saharan Africa but is becoming more of a thing in rural India too).
Seats never made much sense to me and if the smartphone story has any truth to it, then I do not see any valid use case for that idea these days.