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by klipklop 1097 days ago
I don't want my computers restricted because your elderly family members cannot figure out how to use them.
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Buy an Android phone then. We have one closed and one open platform
Why should I buy something else because other people can’t handle computers without training wheels?

The befuddled kind grandmothers of the world can just not install/sideload alt stores.

The most common way the elderly get scammed is over voice telephone conversations. Would you suggest we disable the ability to speak over the phone to “protect” them as well?