Monday, July 14, 2025

US Technology Transition 7-15-25

Approximately 95% of U.S. adults use the internet. This includes access to the internet via various devices and connections, both at home and on the go. The majority of U.S. households also subscribe to a high-speed internet service. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+percent+of+us+consumers+have+internet+connections 

Approximately 46% of Americans still subscribe to traditional cable or satellite TV services, according to a recent survey. This means that a little less than half of the US population retains their cable subscriptions, while the other half has either switched to streaming services or relies on other methods of accessing television content. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+percent+of+us+consumers+still+have+cable+tv

Approximately 91% of adults in the U.S. currently own a smartphone, according to Backlinko. This figure has risen dramatically since 2011, when only 35% of adults reported owning a smartphone, according to Pew Research Center

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+percent+of+us+consumers+have+smart+phones

While a majority of U.S. consumers have moved to digital payment methods, a notable portion still rely on checks for bill payments. Approximately 27% of consumers pay their bills by mail, according to PaymentsJournal.com, and about a third of adults have written a check in the past year, according to Yahoo Finance. However, the use of checks is declining, and is significantly lower when considering the total number of bills paid

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+percent+of+us+consumers+mail+checks+to+pay+their+bills

Approximately 29% of US adults live in households with a landline phone, according to the CDC. This figure has significantly decreased from over 90% in 2004. More than 70% of adults use wireless-only phones. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+percent+of+us+consumers+have+landlines

Approximately 68% of U.S. adults use Facebook, according to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center. This figure has remained relatively stable since 2016. While YouTube is the most widely used platform in the US, Facebook remains a dominant force in the social media landscape. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+percent+of+us+consumers+use+facebook

As of 2024, approximately 19% of US consumers are active users of the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter).  

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+percent+of+us+consumers+use+x

Approximately one-third of U.S. adults use TikTok. This translates to around 33% of the adult population actively engaging with the platform, according to Pew Research Center. Younger adults are significantly more likely to use TikTok, with 59% of those under 30 using the app, says Pew Research Center

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+percent+of+us+consumers+use+tic+tok

AI Overview

In the U.S., Google is the dominant search engine, capturing approximately 86.93% of the search engine market share. This means that the vast majority of Americans using search engines to find information online utilize Google's platform. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+percent+of+us+consumers+use+google+seach

Source: AI Overview

Comments

I have found Google AI Overview as the most useful way to answer my questions. The answers appear to be true enough to repost on this Blog.  I post a lot of government data and this will improve when AI is applied to confirm data with sharable database creation. This will also allow Congress to access Agency spending in real-time. US government Data has always been “close enough for horse shoes and grenades”.

We access the internet from a desktop PC.

We use cable TV instead of streaming. We need to find a cable service that will give us only what we want.

We use a landline and don’t use Smart Phones to save money and not add to telemarketer calls.

We pay our bills by check and mail them through USPS.

We don’t use Facebook to limit the amount of “suspect mail” in our internet mailbox.

We need to be able to transfer more “suspect mail” ads and unwanted emails to “spam”.

We don’t use “social media”.

I use Google to look up stuff to post on this blog. I don’t allow ads on this blog.

We won’t buy any products advertised on TV.

We won’t buy anything from Amazon.

We buy groceries from Costco and Walmart.

We eat all meals at home and don’t go to restaurants.

We hang up on all telemarketers.

We check all of our bills.

We report all suspect charges and have them removed from the bills.

We can identify “scam calls”.

The Technology Application that is most prevalent is the Smart Phone and I regard it as a “Toy”.  I regard Social Media as a waste of time. The important Technology Applications can be seen in TV Documentaries playing on “Story TV”. It includes our History and How Things Work. TV has its limits. Historical Economic Data is not addressed and requires a google search. TV News coverage concentrates on Disasters and film clips are repeated for days. Each Disaster becomes its own “Soap Opera”.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

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