Ask HN: Did tech really revolutionize the world in the 2010s?

Post by buboard » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 11:59 AM UTC

macando wrote: post #9

What's often overlooked by the people working in tech is how mobile phones positively impacted the lives of older people. "The Mobile Phone Generation by Fred Wilson ... But maybe the most amazing thing, to me anyway, is that my mom has pretty much stopped using her land line phone. She tells everyone to call her on her mobile phone. For a generation that arrived on planet earth around the same time as the rotary tel…

Post by buboard » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 1:03 PM UTC

macando wrote: post #12

buboard wrote: post #11

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smartphones are still not easy to use for older people or other less skilled people. i dont' think tech did a good job there

Can you elaborate or compare with some other tech that is easier to use for them? I think using a smartphone is no harder than driving a car.

Post by macando » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 4:09 PM UTC

buboard wrote: post #13

macando wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you elaborate or compare with some other tech that is easier to use for them? I think using a smartphone is no harder than driving a car.

imagine a 70 y o learning to drive then. Feature phones are easier, they have a button that reliably terminates the call even if you inadvertedly press some wrong buttons

Post by zachlatta » Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 11:37 PM UTC