> Mostly in the US.

Yes, I'm referring to the US.

> Today it is more widespread, but it used to be highly unusual.

I can't even speak about today, because I haven't had a landline in years. But at least in the US, unlimited local calls were definitely not unusual in the pre-smartphone era.

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vidarh 35 minutes ago | parent [-]

> Yes, I'm referring to the US.

So, in other words you're writing off the vast majority of the world and forgetting that we're not by any means all in the US here and by no means are all of us talking only about the US.

> I can't even speak about today, because I haven't had a landline in years. But at least in the US, unlimited local calls were definitely not unusual in the pre-smartphone era.

The context I gave was clear: It followed right after pointing out the US is unusual in this respect - the statement referred to that.

It's not clear to me whether you are intentionally obtuse or if you're genuinely struggling to pick up the context here, but either way you are being incredibly obtuse throughout this conversation. I'm trying to give you the benefit of the doubt, but consider that I'm not the only one here who have picked up on this.

	▲	lapcat 21 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> by no means are all of us talking only about the US. > It's not clear to me whether you are intentionally obtuse or if you're genuinely struggling to pick up the context here The submitted HN article is about the US: "We’re witnessing the death of hosting in America." The charts in the submitted article are also about Americans exclusively. So yes, we are in fact talking only about the US, and I am not obtuse or missing the context. I've been aware of the context the entire time. What did you think we were talking about? I'm not "writing off the vast majority of the world" or "forgetting" anything. The submitted article just happens to be about the US, not the rest of the world, and the patterns of socializing in other countries may be very different.