dsi1 wrote:

> On Friday, April 16, 2021 at 7:17:44 PM UTC-10, Dr. Bruce wrote:
> > dsi1 wrote:
> >
> > > On Friday, April 16, 2021 at 5:06:41 PM UTC-10, Michael Trew
> > > wrote:
> > > > On 4/16/2021 1:47 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > > > > My phone works fine but I'm thinking that I need a phone
> > > > > that's capable of point-of-sale contactless payments i.e.,
> > > > > has NFC capabilities. It's pretty obvious that contactless
> > > > > payments on cell phones are the future of purchasing stuff.
> > > > No thanks. I only carry cash. No cards or smart phone. If they
> > > > don't take cash, I'm not buying. You couldn't pay me enough to
> > > > trust these smart phones and related companies like Google to
> > > > have access to my financial info.
> > >
> > > These days, it's not real important what you or I think or do as
> > > far as influencing trends or shaping the future. It's the younger
> > > generation that will lead the way to the world of tomorrow. We're
> > > pretty irrelevant as far as the marketing guys are concerned.
> > > That's the breaks.
> > 60+ people are very important to marketing people. They're a huge
> > group and they have a lot of spending money.
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>
> I'd say that the exact opposite is true. Advertising to old folks are
> mostly for adult diapers, heart medicine, supplemental health
> insurance, funeral insurance, yadda, yadda, yadda. My guess is that
> majority of seniors don't have a lot of money to burn. You are
> correct that they are a huge group.

Well, they're probably better off than when they were young.

You can't turn on Australian TV during the day or you get one life or
funeral insurance ad after another. It must be a severely contested
market.

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