• Dragon Rider (drag)
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      2 months ago

      Yes they do. They know a Mac is different to a PC and they know a phone isn’t the same as a desktop. They just don’t know what that’s called. They still have an intuitive understanding. They still understand that phones do annoying things like denying file system access. They understand that Microsoft products make it harder to save files for no reason. Most people understand the appeal of Linux if you explain it in familiar language. They’ve just been conditioned by society to fear change.

      • @[email protected]
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        272 months ago

        sorry man you are a perfect example of the comic.
        cause most people also dont know what denying system file access even means.

        • @Mango
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          12 months ago

          They certainly know that it’s bullshit to find half the stuff they saved because it’s not in folders that make sense to them.

        • Dragon Rider (drag)
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          12 months ago

          Drag is using language you can understand easily, because drag is talking to you. To a normal person, drag would say “You know how on your phone, you can’t just look at your files? Like you have a separate app for photos, and documents, and you can’t just look at all your files from one app like you can on PC? Well, you can actually if you use an android. Here’s the app that does it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.nbu.files&hl=en_AU

          Drag even casually named an operating system during that speech, and would have been understood perfectly by most people.

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            112 months ago

            Kids today barely know what a file is. I have to regularly explain folders and file types. When I asked them where they saved a thing, they answer “On the computer” and look at me like I’m crazy for asking that.

            • @[email protected]
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              12 months ago

              yes, because folders are not something thats really worthwhile in a filesystem. they’re a vestige of an earlier time.

              • @AnUnusualRelic
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                52 months ago

                Folders, or directories, really, may not be worthwhile, but when you have more than fifteen files, they’re quite convenient.

                  • @AnUnusualRelic
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                    22 months ago

                    In that case you’re left with applications implementing it, and hoping for something homogeneous. Which may or may not happen.
                    I wouldn’t trust it.