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I'm so sick and tired of techies infantilizing the rest of the population. It started with making apps "accessible" but the result is that they've dumbed down a

I'm so sick and tired of techies infantilizing the rest of the population. It started with making apps "accessible" but the result is that they've dumbed down an entire generation by limiting them to their locked down mobile phones. Now everything supposedly should be accessible to everyone without them having to invest a second of thought, so much so that this now has somehow become the norm. People who care will figure it out, and those who don't will be left behind. But no, thats not acceptable because you have to gouge everyone to make as much money as possible nowadays.

mplewis 3y ago
The mobile phone is the only secure computer a non-techie owns.
- anonym29 3y ago
  At the low, low cost of the entirety of their privacy in their digital life.
Zak 3y ago
Quite a few people could do what the article asks if sufficiently motivated. How do you propose to motivate them? I often have trouble convincing people to install Signal, which requires about two minutes for people who barely know how to use their smartphones and under one for people who know where the app store is. If a majority people don't have the motivation to do that much, we have a very uphill battle.
NoPicklez 3y ago
Most of the population are not tech involved people, they like and use the entertaining/communication related features of the device. Making things extremely easy is what tech is all about. People who care will figure it out, and those who don't will be left behind. Is that not the case for most of history? Atleast apps as you say are accessible to everyone without them having to invest a second thought. Why should the average joe have to consider a second thought? If my Dad wants to watch his favourite TV show, he should be able to do that in the most accessible way possible. Perhaps Microsoft shouldn't have built a GUI and should've kept the CMD line around so that we would've all had to learn to "do it the hard way" and wouldn't have been infantilizing us with buttons, graphics, file explorers, hyperlinks and applications.

mplewis 3y ago

The mobile phone is the only secure computer a non-techie owns.

anonym29 3y ago
At the low, low cost of the entirety of their privacy in their digital life.

Zak 3y ago

Quite a few people could do what the article asks if sufficiently motivated. How do you propose to motivate them? I often have trouble convincing people to install Signal, which requires about two minutes for people who barely know how to use their smartphones and under one for people who know where the app store is. If a majority people don't have the motivation to do that much, we have a very uphill battle.

NoPicklez 3y ago

Most of the population are not tech involved people, they like and use the entertaining/communication related features of the device. Making things extremely easy is what tech is all about. People who care will figure it out, and those who don't will be left behind. Is that not the case for most of history? Atleast apps as you say are accessible to everyone without them having to invest a second thought. Why should the average joe have to consider a second thought? If my Dad wants to watch his favourite TV show, he should be able to do that in the most accessible way possible. Perhaps Microsoft shouldn't have built a GUI and should've kept the CMD line around so that we would've all had to learn to "do it the hard way" and wouldn't have been infantilizing us with buttons, graphics, file explorers, hyperlinks and applications.