- dropped the phone into the toilet, on ground cracking the screen, etc.
- can't figure out how to end a call.
- get addicted to reading garbage news on their phone instead of trying to use a laptop for thinking about news, writing, organizing instead.
My wife’s parents sit on Facebook just scrolling through photos endlessly. They do have other things they get up to, but I think their screen time is easily 3-4 hours per day.
My elderly dad is guilty of too much screen time but he gets my partial endorsement because he’s hacking on Linux and hates the news
It's much worse for my parents, because when they do something by accident (or when some designed-by-assholes program decides it needs to replace your usual screen with some "helpful" full-screen message about an update, on launch or on trying to take an action) it takes them far longer to figure out what's happening and how to undo it. Often they just give up after a while.
“None of those are exclusive, or even more common in elderly people than the general population.”
you’re right, old people are generally just as good with technology as young people. there are no generalizable differences between any groups of humans.
This phone is really tempting me. Bonus points that it’s built the way I feel devices should be: rugged. It would go well with my Panasonic Toughbook. Just not super eager to re-enter Google’s ecosystem.