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The ipad is the perfect device for old people. You can't mess it up, it's extremely simple to use, has a long life span, etc. The users do not care that they ca
by Gigachad 3y ago
The ipad is the perfect device for old people. You can't mess it up, it's extremely simple to use, has a long life span, etc. The users do not care that they can not host a webserver on it because it prevents their bank account being drained after they click the wrong advert.
- raincole 3y agoMy father doesn't own a PC. He never used one in his whole life. To him, using his iPad is "using a computer". iPad solves exactly ONE single problem for him: no enough screen space on his phone.
- iraqmtpizza 3y agothere is something inspiring about someone living boomerness to the theoretical maximum. people say young people can't get off their phones but man, boomers can't use anything else but their phones
- ytdytvhxgydvhh 3y agoThat hit close to home because my father’s bank account was indeed drained after clicking the wrong ad on an iPad. But it did require the intermediate step of my father having to call the number in the ad to talk to “bank security”. Having fewer malware vectors is a big plus but one still needs to exercise caution.
- Gigachad 3y agoAt least that vector brings the scam in to the human understandable space. While silently installed malware stealing your session tokens in the background is completely transparent and beyond the comprehension of most people. "Call bank security and transfer your money to us" is at least detectable by the common person.
- PaulHoule 3y agoI know someone who lives in a trailer in the boonies whose only window on the internet is an Amazon Fire Tablet.