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Should public #libraries be defunded if they operate in an exclusive way? For example, suppose a #library offers Wi-Fi exclusively to demographics of people who carry a mobile phone by forcing an SMS-verified captive portal, and they have no day pass or alternative way for people without phones to access Wi-Fi. Yet they receive public money despite the exclusion. Should the be defunded? @[email protected] @[email protected] #poll #askfedi [ ] yes, public money should only fund inclusive svcs [ ] no, it’s okay for public svcs to exclude some ppl
  • unmagical@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Plenty of unhoused people have mobile phones and corresponding plans.

    Who? Which library is at #2?

    That’s the topic of discussion at hand.

    I’m not saying we should exclude people for what they may or may not have. I am saying that it is better to serve everyone, and that serving more than 0 people is a better option than serving exactly 0 people.