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 **Accessibility** is about enabling as many people as possible to participate in society and live a self-determined life. Essentially, the conversation about accessibility is always one about reducing the number or changing the nature of expectations that are being placed. Undeniably, if you just penalize everyone who can't meet all your specific expectations, for any reason - that //is// innately discriminatory. Some people could learn this, others will never understand smartphones, and both should be nevertheless fine and able to participate in society like the rest of us. The old man in the store would have been perfectly fine meeting any other expectation placed on him, just not these particular ones. Everyone would deserve getting expectations they can actually meet, and everyone - not just this old man - who gets expectations placed on them that they cannot meet would rightfully feel left behind.
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+Added later: There is an interesting element of friction here between technological progress and accessibility. Looking back at this rambling, I came up with another example of a thing the man is capable of that his ancestors probably weren't - driving a car. Even in the olden days, cars were not intuitive machines and required time in school to get right. This man probably has - or at least had - a driver's license, and there are some good odds that his ancestors did //not//. Now whether you actually needed a license that long ago and whether it was safe are valid discussions in their own right, but needless to say that someone who is 80 years old is going to have trouble if the car happens to be invented just then. Here again, I understand there is historical context, the car back then wasn't nearly as essential as it is today.
+But, and let's be honest about this, it's not like it is "essential" to have and use the grocery store's app. And, let's be //very// honest about this, anyone can learn how to use a phone, even at age; but a driver's license takes time to learn AND at least 2000 bucks for tuition and the tests. A price tag of 2000 bucks is NOT accessible. In fact, it's so inaccessible that 2000 bucks are inaccessible whether you're old OR young. And I'd argue that, between the grocery store's app and a driver's license, one is definitely more essential than the other.
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