UI and elderly users

Posted Jul 25, 2024 15:49 UTC (Thu) by khim (subscriber, #9252)
In reply to: UI and elderly users by pizza
Parent article: Lessons from the death and rebirth of Thunderbird

> And it turns out that most folks actually want the latter

Precisely. And there are no free services: if you're not paying for the product, you are the product — it's as simple as that.

Software can be bought once and there are plenty of free software, but services have to be paid for on the ongoing basis. And if you are not paying for services with your money then you have to be prepared to pay with your time.