Google accused DOJ of aiming to force people to use “inferior” search products.

Judge in US v. Google trial didn’t know if Firefox is a browser or search engine::Google accused DOJ of aiming to force people to use “inferior” search products.

  • Thom GrayEnglish
    38•1 year ago

    In the 1990s if you wanted to play a PC game you had install it manually with a CD, typically configure ini files in a text editor and fix irq requests for your peripherals just to play. In the contemporary world a zoomer only needs to tap the install icon on the screen, Gen Z may have more experience usually technology than any previous generation, but the days of asking grandma to fix your computer seem a certainty on the horizon.

    • nudny ekscentrykEnglish
      12•1 year ago

      Yep, the digital illiteracy of the z gen is terrifying. Apparently contemporary teens have no understanding of the folder structure. Like, at all. Of the concept of files having their location. It’s all because they were brought up with iPhones for everything just is, and iCloud where everything just is.

      • @uis@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        Maybe they imagine tag-based filesystem or content-addressed? Like porn sites.

      • @richieadler@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        Apparently contemporary teens have no understanding of the folder structure. Like, at all.

        I met numerous 20- and 30- somethings in the 90s who had no idea either. When asked why they didn’t know where did they save the documents they “lost”, they usually answered that they hadn’t studied Computer Sciences and therefore they didn’t have any reason to know (!).

        Appelations to learn to use better their tools usually got nowhere.

    • @Venat0r@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7•1 year ago

      It’s a bit like how cars used to be really unreliable but easy to work on so a lot of people learned to fix some basic things, but now it’s more complicated and difficult to fix anything so even a lot of handy people don’t bother.

      • @uis@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        To be fair a lot of things are as easy or easier, but vendor will never let you use diagnostic software

      • Thom GrayEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        It’s easier to build a PC in 2023 than it was in 1993. Modern motherboard’s typically don’t require separate cards for sound, network and video (unless you’re gaming). It’s mostly integrated now and you don’t need hours manually manipulating jumpers and trying to affix terribly designed IDE cables now replaced with SATA. I’d much rather work on repairing my modern PC vs trying to troubleshoot a Compaq 486 20+ years ago.