The part about using the apps,
lol....my fone is "old", yet I bought it about 3 years ago brand new from my provider after a tech call about drop-outs and black spots, or whatever other tech jargon they use. It was a faithful 3g phone, but suggested I upgrade to a 4g.
OK, so I upgraded reluctantly, and only needed the fone to make and receive calls, and txt.
I am not in to phone banking or any of that other stuff, while everyone else has nose dived into their fones these days, including the off-springs and their off-springs and the new off-springs seem to know more than me before they are born !
Point is, soon I will be forced to to pay for my car rego on my app. in SA we are being forced slowly to adapt, by closing down many state government service centers where we can go and pay in cash, conveniently at the shopping centers. ( soon this will not be an option)
But wait, my fone is "old". I now have to upgrade because the "new" fone cannot do phone banking, I cannot look at all my emails, it won't navigate because it won't update the navigator and the list goes on and on.
All this because of "security upgrades" on smartfones etc etc.
OK, so let's look at upgrading, for low income, pensioners and the unemployed.
The cost of an upgrade fone, so I can register my car, do my banking, CL and MyGov, etc etc etc..
is way way over my budget. I simply cannot afford a "new again" fone due to technology.
I have noticed every 3 years or so now, our modern technology fones become useless.
I am not upgrading my phone, I will still use my computer at home on pre-pay internet, I will not upgrade to win 10 because that means I have to upgrade the computer....my "technology life" will be "spartan"
Yes, Spartacus of the Modern technical age.
Therefore, the "too old the be employeds" and the "too young to not be employeds" are the Spartans of the "We cannot afford it, Technology crisis"
That movie "300", about the last 300 ancient Spartans....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_(film)That is going to be some of us some day, the last 300 Spartans of the modern technology dilemma, we will pay in cash or starve while being overthrown by the App Kingdoms of modern Persia !
