Many of the apps you enjoy use a lot of data not surprisingly, so users are fed up of the high cost of data limiting access to these apps and have taken to a Twitter protest (Twitest?). The trend was reignited (it existed before) by South African celebrity Tbo Touch last night with this being one of his initial tweets:
Thank you! Why should we beg and we are spending our money to keep these networks in business #datamustfall https://t.co/bbjN2ybFfk
— Tbo Touch (@iamtbotouch) September 14, 2016
Many other South Africans joined in and these are some interesting (and hilarious) ones:
*buys 1GB of data*
*opens Instagram and likes 2 pictures*Service provider: you have less than 3MB of data remaining
—
(@ANDI_LEBONA) September 14, 2016
How are people in rural areas supposed to search jobs online with high data prices? There’s no free WiFi in rural areas #datamustfall
— Sane Gent (@ThatoTheGreat) September 15, 2016
Vodacom is so used to stealing data. You’ll get that “your data bundle has depleted” text, while using free Wi-Fi #datamustfall
— Sia Nkuna (@Sia_Nkuna) September 14, 2016
“Never and never again, that my people shall be oppressed by data bundles” Nelson Mandela #datamustfall
— Tsepiso Nzayo (@TsepisoNzayo) September 14, 2016
Data is said to become a basic necessity like water and electricity so government please step in…. #datamustfall
— Victor (@MavickMan) September 14, 2016
Data is said to become a basic necessity like water and electricity so government please step in…. #datamustfall
— Victor (@MavickMan) September 14, 2016
Data pricing is no new conversation in Zambia as well, but how do we really feel about it?
Social bundles?? But still #DataMustFall we need to browse and need Instagram ?@Airtel_Zambia
— ?Womba?
? (@princessChquety) September 15, 2016
Meanwhile am using Zamtel bundle for k5 that gives 500mb data@OfficialZamtel my man??#datamustfall
— LORE (@LaurenceLilo) September 15, 2016
Do you think #DataMustFall here too, or is the price just right?
#bring back our bis
The recent decision to extend the tax on data to us ISP’s shows we are still viewing data as a luxury. In this age of technology, IT IS NOT! #DataMustFall