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Re: Really?

"Granny probably doesn't have internet at all."

How long do we have to put up with this juvenile stupidity?

Of course those of us in the70+ age group have internet. My 90-yo cousin has an iPad (and a robot lawnmower which is an actual thing these days). His wife has a Linux PC (the answer to having been successfully phished with ransomware) which also, via Calibre, acts as a server for her Kindle. Another cousin and her husband have 2 Linux PCs & a laptop on their internet connection; one of those PCs was bought from Time which, for those who know, indicates how long they've been online.

The internet has been available as a commercial proposition since the 1990s, PCs since the 1980s. Many of us have been using computers since the 60s or maybe even earlier. Do you really think the internet, computers & all sprung into existence when you got your first mobile phone (BTW I was working in the mobile industry in the mid '80s)?

The only thing such would-be witty comments show is the depth of the commentards' ignorance.

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