In the 80’s and 90’s in the U.K., in my experience, definitely. My parents were always hugely dismayed by my interest in technology, said it was all just a fla

In the 80’s and 90’s in the U.K., in my experience, definitely. My parents were always hugely dismayed by my interest in technology, said it was all just a flash in the pan, a waste of time, it’ll rot your brain. My boarding school from 7-12 (‘90-‘95) banned all computers and electronics because they were considered a distraction. You wanted to use a BBC micro, you sat on the now-imprisoned geography master’s knee, and he’d give you the key to his basement. I digress, but technology was so unpopular and unwanted you could only access it via pedophile. Even at secondary school in the late 90’s the careers service told everyone who expressed any interest in tech than they needed to choose a realistic career, say a doctor or a lawyer, as technology is just a fad, the internet is just a gimmick, but people will always be having accidents and ending up in court. As a kid, I honestly felt like I was the only person in the country who didn’t think computers were useless.