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[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 41 points 5 days ago (4 children)

The average person can barely do an advanced Google search now that they've stopped teaching computer literacy in most schools

The assumption is that you grew up with touch screens and therefore "know how computers work"

It's wild

[–] evilleftistvampire@hexbear.net 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It also doesn't help that any alternative clients or ad blockers, Google keeps shitting them up.

Go to F Droid = "Due to Google policies this app will no longer function." Go to vanced = "We're shutting down, you can guess the reason why, we don't have to tell you." Go get a adblocker = "You have 3 videos and then you just can't use YouTube. Also we're going to do the equivalent of cranking down the AC until you leave by slowing down your browser artificially."

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 14 points 5 days ago

Having to reinvent the wheel because Ford made a proprietary wheel shaped like a Bald Eagle

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Man that sucks, fuck the education system

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 10 points 5 days ago

Yep

Ruined my desire to be a teacher

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Google keeps removing/breaking advanced search features.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 10 points 5 days ago

What happened to Google is unironically a tragedy, imagine just wanting to be nothing more than a chatGPT off-shoot.