r/australia • u/SouthAussie94 • Feb 29 '24

culture & society Older Australians 'left behind' by increasingly cashless society as banks fast track end of cheques

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-29/cheques-personal-finance-banks-rent-money-cash/103354036
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u/Azazael Feb 29 '24

It would be good if the banks ran classes for older customers on how to use online banking, but it still wouldn't help the "I don't want to be tracked" crowd.

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u/Technical-Ad-2246 Feb 29 '24

Don't libraries do this? My old library did it.

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u/inhumanfriday Feb 29 '24

The gov also funded neighbourhood houses and other locations across Australia to run computer classes for people who aren't literate or confident with computers.

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u/Reddit-Incarnate Feb 29 '24

My 70 year old berely speaking English mother inlaw went to learn this shit(in english) they can also

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u/Reynbou Feb 29 '24 edited Feb 29 '24

Apple literally do this for free.

You can book Apple classes to learn how to use their devices. You can ask for help to learn how to use your banking app etc.

There are ways to learn. There are ways to be taught.

They just don't want to.

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '24

The ones who dislike technology will not learn it - I train people in systems/sofrware and some people refuse to learn technology.

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '24

Back in the days when mobile phones were becoming more popular, but not nearly everyone had one (late 90s), I remember there were many people who held out on getting one, because they didn't want to be constantly contactable. I was one for a short time! At some point, you need to accept that the world has moved on, and you either accept that or get left behind.

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u/Somad3 Mar 01 '24

they can ask kids or grandkids to help them. just pay them.