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Comment by steve_adams_86

1 day ago

Anecdotal, but my 15 and 16 year olds, along with their friends, generally dislike computers and think they're inefficient, inconvenient, and too hard to use for most purposes they associate with devices.

In other words, they have no idea what computers can do, and they just want the phone things that are easy to do on the phone.

I've tried to teach my kids about computers, but they're extremely resistant. They just don't care. Their friends don't either, except for one who is notably interested in everything.

    > generally dislike computers and think they're inefficient, inconvenient, and too hard to use for most purposes they associate with devices

Hasn't this always been true for the masses for all eras of personal computing? I have been observing since the Apple ][ era!