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| | Ask HN: How to manage phones and PCs for elderly parents? | |
278 points by thepuppet33r 6 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 370 comments
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| | I have a friend whose parents are getting up in years. They're still functional enough that they want to be independent and surf the web, check their stocks, etc. He has some remote desktop software installed on their PCs, and antivirus installed and locked down. But they keep destroying their PCs with downloads, keep turning airplane mode on for their phones and can't figure out how to disable it, and recently his dad got in a cleaning mood and deleted a bunch of system files and bricked his machine. He's almost to the point of setting up an Intune tenant just to onboard and lock down his parents devices. Any suggestions on how to manage phones and PCs of the elderly to keep them functional but useful? |
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Lifelong Android user, and I know nothing about Apple, but when it came time for them to upgrade from their OG Razr's last year, I was at a crossroads. These people are tech illiterate. I ended up telling them to buy IPhone.
Believe it or not, they mostly figured it all out pretty easily. They still get confused and scared by FB video calls coming in, but otherwise are able to talk, text, use social media, etc. So much so they even bought an iPad.
It seems the reason I like Android - tons of options and customizability, are the exact opposite of what an older user wants from their device.