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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have to use an app, and most older people don't know how to. [/quote]
Evidence of this? I find this hard to believe as someone with an agoraphobic mother who is terrified of technology but will learn to use it if she needs to (Spotify app, Amazon app, etc.) The Uber app is very user friendly. [/quote]
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They are correct and how you haven't noticed this is surprising. Maybe you should give your mom a lot more credit. This is really common, even with people decades younger. I would be floored if my mom ever used Spotify or Amazon or uber. She would text me a picture she takes of her screen with her phone (not a screen shot) to have me order it for her on Amazon. She's not afraid of technology but there is some mental block. She is brilliant about her career subject matter, which is above most people's comprehension, but it kind of stops there.[/quote]

This is it for both of my parents. There is some mental block at the concept of an app and probably trust issues about security. They use email and FB, logged into, not via app, and have no intention of using apps in general. Both were highly successful in their respective careers and are very intelligent. [/quote]

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