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    [–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 94 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Most people don't even know what a browser is, let alone an os

    [–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

    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.

    [–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

    [–] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 10 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.

    [–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    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.

    [–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    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.