> can we please stop calling people "consumers"? It's such a weird and patronising term, not to mention completely unnecessary when "people" does a better job.

> can we please stop calling people "consumers"? It's such a weird and patronising term, not to mention completely unnecessary when "people" does a better job. "Consumer" IS the technically more accurate term, as outside of the consumption of tech/services as designed for them, they do not venture beyond that realm & try to understand how the tech works. Similar analogies include: - Not caring about how a car works internally, & leaving its repair & maintenance to a mechanic. - Not caring about how their dishes were made, & leaving that to cooks/chefs. - Not caring about the minutiae of the law, & leaving that to the legal system & its lawyers & judges. - Not caring about sewer maintenance, & leaving that for sewage workers. - Not caring about recyclables processing, & leaving that for recycling plants. - Not caring about Y, and leaving that for (workers/entities that work with Y). All of us are consumers in some form or another: We require the services of others that require the services of others that require the services of others ad infinitum.