No idea. My grandfather would not have been able to go to an App Store unless someone did it for him though.
He struggled with the tech until someone showed him how something worked, at which point he diligently studied that one app for all it’s worth - but this was limited to YouTube and audio recording apps.
For him to have multiple messaging apps? Can’t see him do it intentionally - most likely he got hit by a pop up which then merrily used it to install a new messaging service.
It was a nightmare because he kept losing track and therefore control of what was going on with his phone. I’m sure the data security and privacy settings on those messaging apps would have been more upsetting.
For his use case a simple big standard iPhone would have made him happier, instead of having to wait for someone else to help him out.
I have been using an iPhone for two years, and I have seen my share of "your iPhone is infected, click here to scan" ads, which pointed to a dubious app in the app store. An app that I had no way to report as fraudulent, by the way. I'm not sure your grandfather wouldn't have installed that app. Or other similar apps, for the matter.
He struggled with the tech until someone showed him how something worked, at which point he diligently studied that one app for all it’s worth - but this was limited to YouTube and audio recording apps.
For him to have multiple messaging apps? Can’t see him do it intentionally - most likely he got hit by a pop up which then merrily used it to install a new messaging service.
It was a nightmare because he kept losing track and therefore control of what was going on with his phone. I’m sure the data security and privacy settings on those messaging apps would have been more upsetting.
For his use case a simple big standard iPhone would have made him happier, instead of having to wait for someone else to help him out.