On 2021-04-17 7:29 a.m., Boron Elgar wrote:

>
> You are, pretty much corrects. Oh, there are a few categories to add
> for which geezers are targeted, but unless things have changed
> radically in the last 2 years, marketing is focused on the young.
>
> Take cell phones for an example- there has been a string of posts
> right here with what seems to be a contest to claim bragging rights
> for the most bare bones capabilities and costs of phones and plans,
> and there are companies (Consumer Cellular comes to mind among them)
> that pitch to oldsters primarily emphasizing their phones and plan
> simplicity, but the heavy duty advertising one sees is from Apple and
> Samsung and the major cell providers. Looking at the people one sees
> in these latter TV ads, which are plentiful, it is the young,
> emphasizing photos and all the banking and financial services you
> mention, as well as families emphasizing streaming.
>
> Damn near everything is managed on the phone - social media, info and
> news, shopping, mortgages, investments, entertainment and gaming.
> Tablets are tolerated, as are laptops, at times, and desktops are
> twenty-three skidoo.
>
> My carbon footprint in one area is hideous. I happen to be an
> electronics junkie. If it beeps, lights up or takes batteries, I like
> it. I am stilting at a desk with a senior set up of desktop and two
> large monitors. There is a similar view on my husband's desk on the
> other side of the study.
>
> I've a iPad, a Surface, a couple of HP laptops, a Samsung tablet to
> plot on the kitchen counter for recipes, an iPhone, an Apple watch.
> keep the industry afloat all by myself, probably. This gadgets list
> gets changed out and I pass along the previous generations to friends
> and family members.
>
> I have my own version of the sale of indulgences and as penance for
> the electronic gluttony, I am very careful about touchie-feelie
> conservation in other areas. C'est la vie.
>
>
I bought a "peanut" cell phone many years ago for potential emergencies
when out on my bike and for contacting clients between appointments. I
upgraded to a flip phone and then I was forced to upgrade to a 4G smart
phone.
Although ther are a few apps on it, I still use it for what it was
intended with the addition of texting.
I wouldn't say that "Ludd" is my middle name but............