• Maerman@lemmy.world
    71·
    15 days ago

    I mean, for gen alpha, that’s an intentional effect. Tech is becoming more and more obfuscated by design.

    • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
      89·
      15 days ago

      Error messages when I was growing up:

      Network Error: TCP protocol not installed.

      Error messages now:

      Something went wrong. :(

      • Maerman@lemmy.world
        44·
        15 days ago

        Exactly. That second example infuriates me. Just give me something to troubleshoot, for fuck’s sake.

        • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
          20·
          15 days ago

          Needed to add my phone number for 2FA on a website. Something went wrong :( checked network tab and the error being returned from the API was too short phone number, they’d made an assumption based on the country they were from.

          I still had to message their support to let them know, but… They could’ve made it easier to find out the reason at least.

        • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
          20·
          15 days ago

          It infuriates me because it’s disrespectful. The message insinuates that I wouldn’t be able to figure it out.

        • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
          4·
          14 days ago

          Hahaha! Were so fucking quirky! How did you get here? Uh-oh, that wasn’t supposed to happen! ThIs iS nOt ThE PaGe YoU’rE lOoKiNg fOr! Hahaha! Like in The Star Wars, which is a nerd movie! HAHAHAHA! Oh noes too mani kittens 😺😸😹😺😸😹😺😸😹!

      • u_tamtam@programming.dev
        151·
        15 days ago

        Ballsy of you to assume that it got “easier for normies”, the answer probably lies in asking “easier for what?”. Computers have been redefined as consumption devices in a scheme to extract maximal profit out of their captive users. So it’s certainly “easy” for a growing number of users baited into dark patterns to hand over their credit card details and get addicted to antisocial networks and whatnot. But using modern devices as traditional computers, with intent, as a productive tool? It got much harder, except maybe for the Linux users, normies and “geeks” alike.

        • Retail4068@lemmy.world
          1·
          14 days ago

          👌👍 Linux is easy to use out of the box, bug free, and works on common hardware that people use without issue.

      • Maerman@lemmy.world
        87·
        15 days ago

        The word ‘normie’ is just insulting. It implies a hierarchy of knowledge that I just don’t accept.

          • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
            1·
            14 days ago

            I can’t dance as well as a ballerina, but they’re in the minority and so should be forced to plod like the rest of us.

  • taiyang@lemmy.world
    471·
    15 days ago

    Not for my daughter, I’m starting her early on Arch (she’s 4 but she will learn to love the terminal lol)

  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
    12·
    14 days ago

    A Gen X old person once said to me “Oh you’re not familiar with computers, that’s okay” because I was typing awkwardly on a shitty old work keyboard in a new job

    My nerdy millennial ass has literally never been more offended