Okay? What's the takeaway? This is just a list of assertions that technology is hard for some people to use.
the measure of society is how it treats the weakest members Thomas Jefferson https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7499429-the-measure-of-soci...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38094970
Why are the needs of gamers more important than those of the elderly, for example?
Because in a capitalist society we allocate resources using money and market forces. And gamers are willing to spend more on technology than the elderly.
And when you speak of your plight then, you too will be handwaved away as you are doing right now to your elders.
If you aren't interested in bettering the lives of your elders, at least take away that bettering the lives of your elders today will also improve your own life when you too become an elder one day.
What goes around comes around.