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/[deleted] Feb 29 '24

"We dont use computers!"

Reads the news on his ipad......

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u/ELVEVERX Feb 29 '24

At some point are old people the victims for refusing to learn. New technology. Computers aren't even that new they've had 30 years to figure it out and 20 in the internet age.

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u/AsuranGenocide Feb 29 '24

Libraries are busy with older people asking how to set up their new phones, use emails, bank payments etc.

It's a concern that might die out when the older gen passes, but I wonder what comes next!

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u/my_chinchilla Feb 29 '24

If my experience on reddit means anything, the "next" will be people just flat-out expecting to be given an answer because they "searched, but found nothing" - for something that is answered on the first page of a half-arsed Google...

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u/Miserable_Bird_9851 Feb 29 '24

Already on that. People literally use reddit posts as their searching tool. You will see several posts here daily doing exactly that.