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29% of adults couldn't go hour without internet - survey (www.rte.ie)

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[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The annual Connected Lives survey from broadband and telecoms provider Pure Telecom also reveals that 40% of people would turn down €5m in cash if it meant they could never use the internet again.

Not sure how it is in Ireland (where the survey was held) but in Sweden you'll have a hard time accessing public services, banking, paying for parking and so on without internet. On the other hand I imagine you can go FIRE with the €5m invested in the stock market AND pay someone to handle internet activities for you.

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah, that's nuts. Most of my waking hours involve using the internet in some form, but for $5.8m I'd give up using it personally without hesitation.