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This is an obvious no-no but these popups create other issues too. My Grandma lives in a small town in Eastern Europe and I bought her a Samsung Tablet to use
by mrtksn 3y ago
This is an obvious no-no but these popups create other issues too.
My Grandma lives in a small town in Eastern Europe and I bought her a Samsung Tablet to use with Skype so we can talk to her without paying ridiculous international rates(her house had 100mbps internet but no landline for phone, only GSM which was expensive to call).
Anyway, at some point Skype and later Samsung decided that we can't call grandma without her accepting the terms and conditions. The problem is that she has all kind of illnesses and she can't see the screen well and can't manage a touchscreen well. Also can't get it fixed by someone else because pretty much everyone is very old in the town.
During the height of the pandemic I had to do an international travel because she wanted to see us. I Gave her my old iPhone 7 and use FaceTime now, with auto answer setting turned on in the accessibility. Works like a charm since then, as good and simple as a traditional dumb phone.
People making these UX really should think better.
- pradn 3y ago> I Give her my old iPhone 7 and use FaceTime now, with auto answer setting turned on in the accessibility. I didn't know this feature existed. Quite thoughtful!
- mrtksn 3y agoYep, Apple's accessibility stuff are awesome. I use another old iPhone the same way as a pet cam, but for some reason that one is not very reliable and doesn't always connect but that particular iPhone always had issues.
- Almondsetat 3y agounfortunately Apple seems to be the only consumer brand on earth which actually gives a crap about real disabled folks using their devices and making their lives better because of it
- freedomben 3y agoI am heavily critical of Apple for a number of different reasons, and if they weren't so heavy handed with their control then there would be third party options out there. But utlimately I very much agree and I think Apple deserves praise for that. I wish more companies would invest in it (although to some extent I concede that it is a luxury that deep-pocket companies can afford that smaller companies can't).
- Almondsetat 3y agoI don't like Apple and have never owned any of their devices, but if I ever went blind or developed parkinsons or simply got quite old I would drop any other brand and go full in with them. It's astonishing how they keep adding extremely useful things update over update buried in the accessibility settings. I guess they know they have a stronghold when it comes to serving disabled people so they do their best to keep that market sector extremely happy.
- local_crmdgeon 3y agoIn general, the things that Apple does differently really do add up. That $3 Trillion isn't an accident. I keep an old iPhone around for if I misplace mine. Turn it on, log in, everything is just there - no ads, no update loops, nada. Works perfectly. My Androids have NEVER done that.
- tesin 3y agoHave you seen the Xbox Adaptive Controller? https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/xbox-adaptive-controller https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/xbox-adap...