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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The modern electronic devices are far more railroaded than it was back in the day tho.

Want to download an application? There's the App Store. No need to download random .exes from sketchy websites (and learn what a "computer virus" is the hard way)

Downloaded a picture? It's instantly inside your gallery. Back then we needed to find a folder called "Download" or "My Documents" using something called the Explorer!

iPhone and Android made a lot of things dumber and easier to take in, but I feel like it had a detrimental effect on digital literacy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

A little. Hands on parenting is what they need. I made sure my baby brother is tech literate when my mom is 100 percent not. He just graduated highschool this year. Sure some of the blame is on tech but kids don't know how to shit in a toilet either and parents make damn sure they learn as quickly as possible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Want to download an application? There's the App Store. No need to download random .exes from sketchy websites (and learn what a "computer virus" is the hard way)

We've had that for years, it used to just be called apt-get. Though I'll admit a GUI software center is nice when I don't know exactly what I'm looking for