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I think the reason behind this is fewer Windows users, not necessarily more Linux users. Casual people use computers less and less often, at least outside of w

I think the reason behind this is fewer Windows users, not necessarily more Linux users. Casual people use computers less and less often, at least outside of work. The pandemic reversed this trend somewhat due to remote work and especially remote schooling, but the pandemic is over now. I know several well--educated, young people who don't even have a computer at home any more. A phone and a smart TV is all most people need. What we're left with now are people using computers for work (still usually on Windows), PC gamers (still usually on Windows) and computer nerds, which are far more likely to be using Mac or Linux. Even people at work are using their computers less, as a lot of non-work activity like internet surfing or social-media browsing, often performed on work devices in the past, is now done on their phones.

swozey 3y ago
My previous partner is on the genz/mil cusp and she never owned a computer and wrote all of her reports/papers/etc for ALL of her years in school on her iphone. I have never had something make me feel like an absolute old boomer than that. I don't even like texting on my iphone I typo so much and everything else I will do anything to be able to use my desktop/laptop over my phone.
- Silhouette 3y ago
  As someone a bit older I find these stories somewhere between amusing and sad. How much time do (mostly) young people now waste trying to do substantial work on unsuitable mobile devices with toy apps when they could have been using a proper computer with real peripherals and the right software for the job?
  - Fnoord 3y ago
    The point is that an iPhone is a very powerful computer. With Bluetooth. So you could attach it to your HHKB like I did with my smartphone. Screen small, true. Don't know about iPhone video output but Android recent usually work with USB-C. You can do same with STB, except the video output is dealt with via TV. Insane. But then again any old, second hand laptop would suffice as long as it is at least x86-64. In UA kids love to use these for (remote) school/teleconference. Many old ones got send from West.
    - joshspankit 3y ago
      Yes, agreed they are monstrously powerful compared to the computers that were commonly used to first write papers, but they are still lacking a lot of the raw UI/UX speed. We’ve (hopefully) all seen someone navigate a UI so fast that it’s hard to follow, or seen someone work through a text file after they’ve put in the hundred hours to discover all the shortcuts and “power user” tricks. You just cannot do that on a phone, especially not an iPhone with it’s forced animation delays and keyboard-second design patterns.
      - Fnoord 3y ago
        I see youth do things on their touchscreens in lightning speed :) both IRL and in movies/series. Sure, I am much slower. And for me, the UI is too big / screen too small (regardless of 7" smartphone or 6" or 5" the touchscreen takes too much space but it is a godsend that you have it with you 24/7). Nokia back in the days of Hilton (touchscreen GTK) was trying two horses, resistive touch with pen UI and then same but for finger. Capacitive finger UI won, and capacitive finger needs a bigger UI.

swozey 3y ago

My previous partner is on the genz/mil cusp and she never owned a computer and wrote all of her reports/papers/etc for ALL of her years in school on her iphone. I have never had something make me feel like an absolute old boomer than that. I don't even like texting on my iphone I typo so much and everything else I will do anything to be able to use my desktop/laptop over my phone.

Silhouette 3y ago
As someone a bit older I find these stories somewhere between amusing and sad. How much time do (mostly) young people now waste trying to do substantial work on unsuitable mobile devices with toy apps when they could have been using a proper computer with real peripherals and the right software for the job?
- Fnoord 3y ago
  The point is that an iPhone is a very powerful computer. With Bluetooth. So you could attach it to your HHKB like I did with my smartphone. Screen small, true. Don't know about iPhone video output but Android recent usually work with USB-C. You can do same with STB, except the video output is dealt with via TV. Insane. But then again any old, second hand laptop would suffice as long as it is at least x86-64. In UA kids love to use these for (remote) school/teleconference. Many old ones got send from West.
  - joshspankit 3y ago
    Yes, agreed they are monstrously powerful compared to the computers that were commonly used to first write papers, but they are still lacking a lot of the raw UI/UX speed. We’ve (hopefully) all seen someone navigate a UI so fast that it’s hard to follow, or seen someone work through a text file after they’ve put in the hundred hours to discover all the shortcuts and “power user” tricks. You just cannot do that on a phone, especially not an iPhone with it’s forced animation delays and keyboard-second design patterns.
    - Fnoord 3y ago
      I see youth do things on their touchscreens in lightning speed :) both IRL and in movies/series. Sure, I am much slower. And for me, the UI is too big / screen too small (regardless of 7" smartphone or 6" or 5" the touchscreen takes too much space but it is a godsend that you have it with you 24/7). Nokia back in the days of Hilton (touchscreen GTK) was trying two horses, resistive touch with pen UI and then same but for finger. Capacitive finger UI won, and capacitive finger needs a bigger UI.