I mean, depending on who/why you’re calling, you can just use Discord. Just add someone as a friend and you can message/voice chat directly with them anytime you want. They have a reasonable mobile app in addition to desktop and even browser options.
You’re saying that people who are old can’t learn or be taught how to use a modern communications tool. Who’s really being ageist here?
My 70 year old father can handle most things on his cellphone with just a few minutes of someone walking him through it.
Also, as of 2023, only 10% of the world population is over 65, so between the fact that there aren’t actually that many old people and some of them definitely CAN operate modern technology, it’s a good solution for most situations.
It would seem you deliberately ignored the “for no particular reason” part of my statement, which acts as an umbrella term specifically for those of the aged population that cannot operate or learn new technology FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON. That can be either cognitive or physical issues, or personal preference.
Nowhere did I imply in my previous statement that the majority of people of advancing years can learn how to operate said modern technology. I was merely pointing out YOUR lack of inclusiveness. Ageist.
It can be legitimate to ask “why do you want to do X” so that you can help find a solution to the underlying problem. Saying “you shouldn’t do X” without knowing what the underlying problem is is the epitome of unhelpful and overbearing.
It’s literally a meme that devs have some obscure problem, and the only online resource they find is a forum post with one of
nvm, I fixed it (no further explanation)
Marked as duplicate (link to question about something different but related)
“You shouldn’t do this, here’s how to do something else” (cannot do Y, that’s why I’m trying to do X)
Other people had already responded with answers that fit the specific question prior to me responding. I was just adding an additional possibility to consider.
I mean, depending on who/why you’re calling, you can just use Discord. Just add someone as a friend and you can message/voice chat directly with them anytime you want. They have a reasonable mobile app in addition to desktop and even browser options.
This doesn’t answer the question though. They want to call landlines.
Sure, but that’s just a dumb way to do it when even in third world countries everyone is rocking at least a basic smartphone.
Tell that to someone who has an 83 year old mother who hasn’t touched a computer in at least 30 years, and has early stages of Alzheimer’s.
I eagerly await your justification.
The statistical chance of that being the case is very low, but in that case sure go find a way to call their landline.
For everyone else, they should try a modern communications tool.
Then tell that to the more general aged population that isn’t familiar with more modern technology, for no particular reason.
Your ageism is showing.
You’re saying that people who are old can’t learn or be taught how to use a modern communications tool. Who’s really being ageist here?
My 70 year old father can handle most things on his cellphone with just a few minutes of someone walking him through it.
Also, as of 2023, only 10% of the world population is over 65, so between the fact that there aren’t actually that many old people and some of them definitely CAN operate modern technology, it’s a good solution for most situations.
It would seem you deliberately ignored the “for no particular reason” part of my statement, which acts as an umbrella term specifically for those of the aged population that cannot operate or learn new technology FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON. That can be either cognitive or physical issues, or personal preference.
Nowhere did I imply in my previous statement that the majority of people of advancing years can learn how to operate said modern technology. I was merely pointing out YOUR lack of inclusiveness. Ageist.
This reads like a good old stackoverflow answer:
Those are often right.
People frequently aren’t asking the right questions because they are thinking inside a box that doesn’t need to exist.
Sometimes there are legitimate reasons why these options don’t work, but most of the time they are the superior choice.
It can be legitimate to ask “why do you want to do X” so that you can help find a solution to the underlying problem. Saying “you shouldn’t do X” without knowing what the underlying problem is is the epitome of unhelpful and overbearing.
It’s literally a meme that devs have some obscure problem, and the only online resource they find is a forum post with one of
Other people had already responded with answers that fit the specific question prior to me responding. I was just adding an additional possibility to consider.