Because this topic came up in c/technology and I was wondering.

Would this be feasible? How bad would it be to your social life?

  • Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
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    10 hours ago

    In the U.S. older people still get by fine without all this stuff. I have family that still has a landline, nothing else, so I guess maybe that’s #3 in your list. It does mean they physically have to go to places to get things done (e.g. physically go to a bank).

    Older people don’t care as much about social life beyond visiting/seeing the people/relatives they’ve always been seeing. A smartphone isn’t required for that.

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      7 hours ago

      I have a coworker that still has an old party line for their landline at the farm and if he wasn’t given a company phone he probably wouldn’t have one.

    • IWW4@lemmy.zip
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      8 hours ago

      Oh man I wish my 90 year old parents would go back to a landline. They do not have that ability to use a smartphone.

      I am forever trying to tech support for them on that.