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Flying_Dwarf on June 12, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: iOS 7

Ha! Those exact words are going to bite Apple so hard when iOS 7 is released.

Old people love ornamentation. My 91 year old grandmother can barely distinguish buttons on her iPhone 4, I pity how she'll use iOS 7.

90002 on June 12, 2013 | [–]

"Well, to be honest, she can always sign up for One to One if she needs to learn how to interact with iOS 7's magical new interface." - Apple employee's response in a few months.

gfodor on June 13, 2013 | [–]

It's cold, but "old people like it" is not a compelling reason to maintain something if there are no other good reasons to do so.

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