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I remember when the first iPad came out, and the tech press marveled at how easily seniors could understand it. This no longer applies to modern iOS.

We don’t necessarily need Bob. We just need an iOS 1 mode, skeuomorphic design and all. Back when the camera app only had a photo or video switch, a take photo button, and a gallery button.

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Maybe not skeuomorphic design, but they have a simplified mode: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/assistive-access-iphon...

> We don’t necessarily need Bob. We just need an iOS 1 mode

But web developers have done their best to wreck this. Have you ever had to explain GDPR cookie dialogs to elderly parents? I've watched them Google recipes only to blame the chef when the site was broken or unusable, which was more often than not.

But that's not due to web developers. They merely execute what some business people ask them to do in order to make people consent to something they don't want to consent to and making them angry about the EU presumably causing this, while it's completely up to the ad industry. They could make it a lot simpler or even reduce their surveillance.

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