dsi1 wrote:

> On Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 3:29:52 AM UTC-10, Boron Elgar wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 22:34:32 -0700 (PDT), 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.
> > >> --
> > >> The real Dr. Bruce posts with uni-berlin.de - individual.net
> > >
> > > 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.
> > 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.
>
> That's a heck of a lot of toys! Congrats. The mere mention of
> "desktop" computer gives me the chills. As far as the boomers
> goes, I occasionally see surveys on youtube.com asking for my age.
> You respond by giving your age group. I'm in the last group - the 40+
> group. Once you reach the age of 40, they're no longer interested in
> finding out anything further about you. That's the breaks.

Grin, you are gonna hate on me but in addition to the Govt Laptop with
my own docking station and 3 monitors, key board/mouse I have my
regular home LAN.

1 WIN10 desktop with 2 monitors, keyboard/mouse. 2 XP Desktops with 2
monitors/keyboards/mice (1 each). 1 Tablet (chrome) and 1
laptop(win10). 2 printers (one on govt laptop, other on LAN), 1
printer in storage, 1 monitor in storage. 4 desktop cores which I may
renovate. One of the XP machines is set to dual boot with SuSe.
Smartphone but not a super fancy one. Oh, and 3 other tablets one of
which hooks to an external DVD player for Don.

They don't call me a geek for nothing!

If wondering, as a hobby I rebuild desktops for the blind and gift them
away. Passed 1 Win10 last Monday to a fellow who's wife recently lost
her vision, added a monitor/keyboard/mouse/Bose speakers and headset
with a separate camera/mirophone. Monitor was so he can use it too. I
used to do about 2-3 a year using mostly free stuff off Freecycle.
Folks know about me locally so offer up free stuff.

Carol