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People got more impatient over the years and now expect things just to work. I had a computer shop in the late 90s (my first and only business ever) and as lot
by elzbardico 5y ago
People got more impatient over the years and now expect things just to work. I had a computer shop in the late 90s (my first and only business ever) and as lot of my clients where pretty much helpful with their observations when they brought their machines for me to fix.
It is not that people were smarter, of course, but they did expect to have to dirty their hands with their stuff from time to time. Nowadays, besides all of our protests at the contrary, stuff is way more reliable and ease to use, and people got used to complicated stuff just working.
- kube-system 5y agoAgree 100%. The idea of "what a computer is" and "who a computer is for" has changed quite a bit. I sometimes forget how far computing has come until I see an old news segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KDdU0DCbJA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KDdU0DCbJA
- grishka 5y ago> People got more impatient over the years and now expect things just to work. Except most of the time, things aren't aware of that. Yes, today's operating systems are more reliable thanks to memory protection and better abstractions. But that's compensated by insatiable product managers that absolutely have to keep updating a feature-complete product at any cost with features and UI redesigns no one ever asked for.