I hope not. I get the fact that some people live far away from there parents. I myself do, but it does make me a little sad that
1) There is enough demand for the service to be IBM/Apple profitable
2) The old folks don't have enough friends to keep local watch
3) Their society felt ok about using the mailman
OTOH: If I can spend less time 'fixing their computer' due to a dirt simple app I'm all for it.