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by booruguru 4305 days ago
> I don't understand why older people hang on to less optimal way of doing things...

I'd imagine they simply don't understand how these things work. I don't think my parents have ever intentionally watched a YouTube video. I'm sure they've heard of Netflix, but I don't think they know how to setup it up... so they wont even consider the value proposition... even though their Blu-ray player has built-in Netflix support.

We've grown up with this technology so it's not a big deal to rip a DVD or download a torrent.

But if you're barely aware that these things even exist, it's difficult to actually learn how to use them... even if the procedure is ultimately trivial.