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Originally Posted by meeera
Maybe it is. There is solid demographic research that ereader adoption skews much older than adoption of pretty much any other electronic tech. Maybe because older people read more, maybe because the font enlargement helps, maybe other factors too.
Most of the smartest techy/geekish people I know are women older than 50. So I'm really sick of "grandma" or "your aunt" or "your mum" being held up as the somehow obvious example of someone who must be ignorant and terrified of technology.
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My mom had an ereader and a computer long before I did. Note she is 68. She is also going to university.
Now if you looked at my neighborhood, except maybe the corner houses, we are severely lacking in technology. Oh don't get me wrong, all the grown children have smartphones.
I am pretty sure that is just demographics. None of them have books either. And says absolutely nothing about what most older folks own or don't own.
Some people embrace technology and others don't.
My husband doesn't use an ereader. He knows how to use one, he chooses not too.
Oh and my mother gets flustered at times by her computer. That has nothing to do with her age.