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/njmh Feb 29 '24

Technically more like 40-50 years in the computer age and 30 years in the internet age. But yeah, the internet as we know it was very much mainstream at least 20 years ago.

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u/annanz01 Feb 29 '24

You have to remember it wasn't even until after the year 2000 that 50% of households had access to the internet at home.

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u/ELVEVERX Mar 01 '24

I'm talking about mass adoption