Hello Arelor!
** On Saturday 16.04.22 - 08:17, Arelor wrote to Nightfox:
The problem is that many domestic users enjoy zero-training
appliances at home and, as a result, will demand everything
else being zero-training (and will regard anything which is
not as outdated tech).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.
Also, I have found the people who uses a smartphone or a
tablet instead of a regular computer are usually in the
Very Very Poor demographic bracket, of the sort who barely
manages to pay for rent. I think many of these would have 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.
..I don't need a social network where everybody is in. I
need a communication platform where my friends are. If my
friends are at some small IRC server I host under my bed I
need no Twitter :-) Besides, silo-styled platforms are a
step backwards. A good plaform should be able to link you
with friends who are at different platforms, pretty much
the same way you can talk to a gmail user using any other
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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