We talk a lot about accessibility and disability. But what we don't often hear discussed is the concept of "technological disability". That is, disability primarily due to limited technology. So let's talk about it a bit.
Most of the issues you're describing as "technological disability" overlap with "being poor". I've thought about this problem from the point of view of trying to extend the life of your shit computers you had to hobble together from garbage parts, because that used to be me.
I grew up surrounded by computers and technology but it was never particularly good or recent. Lots of it was stuff I saved from going to the trash because I didn't have money. My best computer circa 2016 contained a Core 2 Duo that was free from a friend, and a GeForce 7300GT that had all manner of repairs short of literal duct tape.
This hardware would simply not have been usable running Windows 10. I tried it some time later after I had replaced it with a better computer. It technically worked but slogged horrendously, especially over the years as the programs I wanted to run on it bloated to consume all available resources. I have a laptop I used for college that was monstrously capable running Windows 7 in 2012 but sucks ass struggling to run Windows 8.1 in 2023.
Companies just don't care about you. They can't make any money off your broke ass struggling to keep a pile of crap connected to the internet, so you get left behind. It takes too much technical knowledge and commitment to keep a shit computer working indefinitely; I can do it but I don't expect an average person to know where to start. Some people absolutely do not have the means to just throw it out and buy a new one like companies want you to do, so they're stuck up shit creek, I guess..?
This is going to get harder for people as companies keep moving their services to Android and iOS apps that require a recent software version, and now tons of cheap second-hand phones are simply not viable for someone who doesn't have the means to buy a new one, but is required to have a phone number to sign up for an account to use a job application website/app to get a job to afford the phone to have a phone number.
