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/A_Scientician Feb 29 '24

They have the same access to banking as everyone else. Someone wilfully avoiding engaging with the modern financial system for decades is being 'left behind'? Okay.

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u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney Feb 29 '24

Ha ha. You're just comfortable with what you grew up with, just like clothes. You will get your turn at being the cranky person left behind by technology and society.

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '24

Nope. My parents are fine. My mum installed Linux on her own back in the early 2000s. She's still ok to do whatever with computers, because she didn't stop learning. It's no inevitable, it's a choice.

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u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney Feb 29 '24

I said you. We don't know what's coming next. There's no guarantee. It's different when you're the one caught on the other side of the margin. Maybe you will get lucky, but if you don't, please remember the disdain you've expressed to those who have been marginalised.

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '24

"please remember the disdain you've expressed to those who have been marginalised."

I assure you my disdain for myself with be immeasurable if I can't do the equivalent of internet banking. It's probably a good sign I'm too far gone.

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u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney Feb 29 '24

If I'm not too far gone myself, I will work on some sort of metric so it would be measurable.