Reasons why people don't use the Internet Video

Reasons why people don't use the Internet Video Transcript

It?s the 21st century, everyone?s online. Well, everyone except the 21 percent of U.S adults who aren?t. That?s about 48 million people, a pack of quaint individuals the size of South Korea, which, if it knew that, would probably say, thanks, we can handle the DMZ on our own; you need to go work on your luddites. I?m B.C. and in this episode of Top 5 we?re going to run down the reasons 48M people don?t get why you?re sitting there in your underwear watching some guy on your computer. OK, here we go, according to the Pew Research Center?s latest survey, #5 is: ?It?s a waste of time.? Fools. That? so dismissive. Clearly these folks are biased by just YouTube. Or Twitter. . Or FourSquare. Or Foodspotter. Oh, hell, this always happens, let?s move on. #4: ?Too difficult or frustrating.? I actually hear the Neanderthals on this one. I mean did you really think 10 years ago that in 10 years you?d still be screwing with all the cryptic weird stuff that computers do to make the internet gag and you waste hours debugging stuff? #3 ?Too expensive.? This is a serious issue and a lot of folks like you and me forget that a $600 or $700 computer and a $50 a month broadband account or a $200 smartphone and a $100 a month 2 year commitment IS A LOT OF MONEY. #2 ?Don?t have a computer.? Yep, that?ll hang you up. Some of that derives from #3 (too expensive), some from #4 (too difficult) but, you know, some of it comes from ?too damned stubborn to try anything newfangled.? OK, look, this internet thing isn?t newfangled any more. If you?ve upgraded your outhouse to glass windows, you?re modern enough for the internet. BTW, before we get to the #1 reason people who don?t use the internet don?t use the internet, I want to point out that soon we won?t be talking much about lack of a PC being a reason: Estimates are that by sometime in 2011 smartphone sales will exceed those of PC?s. So, mom, some interweb is on the way. Call you this weekend. Remember to pull on the can to get the string nice & tight, I could barely hear you last time. OK, the #1 reason people who don?t use the internet don?t use the internet is: ?Just Not interested?. What do you do with that? I got nothing. Thanks for watching me on the internet. And to do more crazy, newfangled stuff like this, point your expensive, complicated, time-wasting computer to the CNET Top5 blog. I?m Brian Cooley. See you next time.