• HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    1 year ago

    There is another article I read where colleges had to teach Computer Science majors basic computer concepts like folders because the students relied on search for everything.

    It would be like how almost everyone knew how to work on their own car in the 40’s and 50’s because you needed to in order to get the car to run. Nowadays, you don’t need that information to drive a car.

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      1 year ago

      I think your car metaphor is even more apt than you meant it, as over time both car manufacturers and mobile platforms have gotten more and more hostile to users actually being able to do maintenance or self service.

    • Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      To be fair modern cars won’t even let you. E.g. if you disconnect the battery of a modern car, there’s a high chance that it completely breaks (because some chips reset without power).