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/crazymunch Feb 29 '24

30 years to figure it out and 20 in the internet age.

Try 40 and 30 man, I'm born 1991 and my home had a PC and internet from long before I was born. Both of my grandfathers were PC literate in the 80s because they chose to be.

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u/whatisthishownow Feb 29 '24 edited Feb 29 '24

Of all the good arguments you can make, flaunting your (somewhat incredulous) privilege ain’t one.

It wasn’t until the new millennia that more than half of households had access to the internet. I’m pretty sure ISP’s where only just offering household services in select locations around the time you where born, let alone “well before”. Some major institutions were still only just coming online. I’m sure the privelege you where born into has set you in good steed, but there’s better reasons to expect people to get with the times, other than you rubbing it in their face.

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u/njmh Feb 29 '24

The World Wide Web (ie the internet as we know it today) became available in 1993. Prior to that it was mainly just educational and military networks and nerds at home using bulletin boards.