Subj : users enjoy zero-training appliances at home
To   : Arelor
From : Ogg
Date : Sun Apr 17 2022 11:57:00

Hello Arelor!

** On Saturday 16.04.22 - 08:17, Arelor wrote to Nightfox:

 A> The problem is that many domestic users enjoy zero-training
 A> appliances at home and, as a result, will demand everything
 A> else being zero-training (and will regard anything which is
 A> not as outdated tech).

There is a TV commercial here by Rogers that depicts a family  
looking for a specific TV program. The "young" people are  
stumped and can't remember on which channel is "The Book of  
Bobba Fett" is on. Mom enters the room, grabs the remote, and  
just talks to it!  "Find, Book of Bobba Fett".  Instantly, the  
film shows up on screen.

 A> Also, I have found the people who uses a smartphone or a
 A> tablet instead of a regular computer are usually in the
 A> Very Very Poor demographic bracket, of the sort who barely
 A> manages to pay for rent. I think many of these would have a
 A> regular system if they could afford one.

There are gov't programs here that provide free or inexpensive  
smartphones for low-income people.  Many of those same  
households (the buildings look quite rundown and delipidated)  
have satellite dishes on their rooftops and large TV screens  
shining through the windows.

 A> ..I don't need a social network where everybody is in. I
 A> need a communication platform where my friends are. If my
 A> friends are at some small IRC server I host under my bed I
 A> need no Twitter :-) Besides, silo-styled platforms are a
 A> step backwards. A good plaform should be able to link you
 A> with friends who are at different platforms, pretty much
 A> the same way you can talk to a gmail user using any other
 A> email provider.

Or, pretty much how you can link to your friends through FTN  
echomail and not be concerned whether they are using Linux,  
MacOS or Windows, or smartphone, tablet or a DT, ..or,  
Telegram! ;)

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