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Punished_Blinx posted...

Sci-fi and futuristic settings still want to ignore the internet, messaging and social media being a thing. People will talk via holograms and video calls or leave voice and text memos behind. The internet doesn't exist. Mobile phones don't exist. It's more likely that there's a futuristic version of a newspaper.

That's easy to take away though.

The government says no internet, that means no internet. It's not like you can start up an "internet generator" in your back yard. If there's no service to tap into, you're out of luck.

Most futures are dystopic, so that fits with a corrupt government. If you have a more ideal future without internet, it could be that they've learned we're not responsible enough to wield such power -- like how it invariably becomes a platform for spreading hatred and misinformation.