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[-] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 95 points 1 month ago

Generational wars doesn't do anyone any favors.

[-] volkerwirsing@feddit.org 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah and let's not pretend that everyone back in 2002 was eMuling or torrenting and cracking videos games. I knew so many people who failed at ripping a CD to MP3 or copying it with a CD burner.

[-] Ilandar@aussie.zone 18 points 1 month ago

Acknowledging differences is not "war".

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 5 points 1 month ago

The meme is literally mocking gen z

[-] pyrflie@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What war. It's an acknowledgement of a historic shift. One generation received an education another didn't out of necessity.

The subsequent ones need to fill the gap if they want to keep the knowledge. It's been made available. Fuck we're trying to pass it on.

I'm fucking using it even if you don't

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

It's not just one generation receiving an education vs. another one that didn't. It's that the platforms the generations used are fundamentally different.

Gen X / Millennials grew up with Macs and PCs, computers that were fundamentally not locked down. You could install any software you wanted. You could modify the OS in many ways. DRM wasn't really a thing in general, and there were almost always easy ways around it.

Gen Z / Gen Alpha grew up mostly with cell phones. The phones they had are much more powerful than the PCs from 20-30 years ago, but they're incredibly locked down. The only applications you're allowed to use are the ones that Apple / Google allow on their app stores, unless you root your phone which is a major risk. It's very hard to even load up your own audio files, movies or images let alone "dodgy" ones. DRM is everywhere, and the DMCA means you risk serious prison time if you bypass access controls.

Gen X / Millennials grew up at a time when there were still more than 5 tech companies in the world, and the companies out there competed with each-other. There were plenty of real standards, and lots of other de-facto standards that allowed programs to interoperate. Now you're lucky if you can even use an app via its website vs. using a required app.

It's not just a difference in education. It's that companies have gained a lot more power, and the lack of antitrust enforcement has made for plenty of walled gardens and "look but don't touch" experiences.

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