Many elderly still do not own or know how to operate a computer. My elderly parents had a computer, but only my mother knew how to use it to send e-mails. When she died, my father never bothered to learn how and to his death earlier this year never sat down at a computer. In fact, he didn’t know how to operate a micro-wave oven because she always did it for him. My older brother had to show him how to use one. And this was a man who could build a house virtually all by himself when younger and an expert carpenter.
I know what you mean. My mom asked my dad if she could get the same sites on their computer that I could get on mine and he told her “Of course you can! It’s the Internet!” The whole concept is just beyond folks of a certain age. ( My son and his cousins still crack up over that one).
I live rural. There are houses within 4 miles of me that are not even on the grid.
Having a computer isn’t even a consideration. Knowing how to use it isn’t either.