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facil.guide

platform : multilingual tech guides | stack : astro + cloudflare pages | status : live

54 million people over 65 in europe + 45% of them don't use connected devices + not because they don't want to + because no one explained it in words they understand

every tech guide online assumes you already know what a browser is + written in english + designed for people who don't need guides

facil.guide is the opposite + step-by-step guides in 5 languages + designed for the people who actually need them

> the digital divide in numbers

eu 65-74 internet usage .......... 72%
eu 16-24 internet usage .......... 97%
the gap .......................... 25 percentage points

portugal never-users ............. 10%
italy never-users ................ 8%
multilingual competitors ......... 0
[ LANGUAGE COVERAGE ]
FR francais 14.8m seniors
EN english 12.7m seniors
ES espanol 9.9m seniors
PT portugues 2.5m seniors
IT italiano 14.3m seniors
54.2 million seniors + zero multilingual competitors + one opportunity

zero friction

no signup + no paywall + no cookie banner + no app to install + static html served from the edge + loads instantly on any device

accessibility first

18px minimum text + 48px touch targets + wcag aa contrast + system fonts + print stylesheet + designed for hands that shake

zero cost forever

astro static site + cloudflare pages free tier + no server + no database + $0 hosting + outlasts any funded competitor because the burn rate is nothing

5 LANGUAGES
1k+ PAGES LIVE
<50ms TTFB
$0 HOSTING COST

the connection

facil.guide is part of the dropthe network + where dropthe maps the world's data + facil makes technology accessible to those left behind by the digital revolution

same philosophy + different audience + one mission + clarity over noise

[ PROJECT STATUS ]
● infrastructure ● design system ● content pipeline ● seo architecture ● five languages live ● scaling to 10k pages
facil.guide
[ live + growing + a dropthe project ]