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> If normal users install everything that's advertised to them They 100% do. It's why software installation is as annoying as it is now. Did you do any tech su
by yamtaddle 4y ago
> If normal users install everything that's advertised to them
They 100% do. It's why software installation is as annoying as it is now. Did you do any tech support (even the unofficial kind) around the turn of the millennium, when computer ownership topped 50% (in the US) and Internet use was beginning to become widespread? It was a hellscape of unwanted shitware that users couldn't figure out how to get rid of, and viruses. More recently, I've seen normies install Chrome then wonder where their (Firefox, which they had because I'd installed it) bookmarks went and not know how to get them back (they didn't care at all whether they were using FF or Chrome, but ended up with Chrome anyway because "google said they needed it" on one of those ubiquitous "hey, this site works better in Chrome" ads they put everywhere whether it's true or not) and I've seen one end up paying for OneDrive, and have it totally fuck up their workflows, despite not knowing what OneDrive even does.
> then they shouldn't be trusted with a computer full-stop.
That is no longer an option and there's no chance at all we're going back to a time when it was. I wish we would! But we're not.