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cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 13:59:32 JST

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@Tony @caekislove @Hyperhidrosis A lot of people don't even fucking know jack about their OS

Some don't even know what a fucking browser is in the first place. A lot of the time there's just about 0 knowledge to replace in the first place

Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 13:59:33 JST

Mr. Bacon

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It's hard to change adoption once people are set on an OS though.

Kirino Kousaka (kirino@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 14:37:48 JST

Kirino Kousaka

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"My... Browser? It's just Windows, right?"

"No, Windows is the OS, you should have a program you use to browse the Internet."

"Oh yeah, Internet Explorer!"

"I think you're probably using Edge then..."

"Nah it says Internet Explorer."

"I... Let me get a session, please..."

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cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 14:39:15 JST

cool_boy_mew

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@Kirino @Tony @caekislove @Hyperhidrosis Literally a call I had in a call center

Client proudly telling me she's been using the computer for quite a few years so she should be able to follow instructions

I tell her to open Internet Explorer or Firefox

"What?"

"The browser"

"..."

"The blue e"

Then I got a response

Jesus Christ

Kirino Kousaka (kirino@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 14:50:00 JST

Kirino Kousaka

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Mhm, it's bewildering because there's like 3 tiers of computer users and like no in-between (apart from my sister because she constantly calls me to ask computer shit for work and she can actually retain information)

Tier 1. Boomers, Normalfags, Gen Z (only use phones)
They type with two fingers, can barely operate the computer and see it as some alien artifact. Anything they learn they immediately forget. The computer is a means to an end.

Tier 2. Techies, gamers, coders, most of us.
They type with full ASDF HJKL. Some look at the keyboard, others don't. They have a full understanding of where to find most fixes (not necessarily the fixes themselves) and can use a computer like driving a car. The computer is related to their hobbies, either gaming or something else.

Tier 3. Autists, terminally-onlines, Terry.
They no longer have use of the mouse, all function exists on a keyboard. They absorb computer information like a sponge and know about everything about everything from the 368 to modern time. The computer has become an addiction, they hate everything about every piece of software/hardware, yet they begrudgingly continue to use it.