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Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B by SpaceManiac on Monday June 13, 2016 @09:07AM (#11893453)
I would think that non-techies would be even more confused and annoyed by their computer suddenly drastically changing out from underneath them without their permission.
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Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B by lloyd-christmas on Monday June 13, 2016 @09:14AM (#11893524)
And then they'd get over it. Oddly enough, my parents upgraded this past week:

Mom: Honey, what's this thing stopping me from [shopping]?

Dad: Don't click the button!

Mom: [long lecture about how she's trying to do stuff for her grandkids].

Dad: Fine, just hit the damn button.

Me: DON'T HIT THE BUTTON! I'll walk you through it.

I proceeded to explain it to them. 5 days later they don't even remember/care. I guarantee you my grandmother doesn't give a shit either, nor do most of my siblings. So far, I'm at a 6:2 ratio of not caring (one of my brothers is a developer). My parents aren't exactly ignorant in regards to tech, but it simply doesn't effect them to the extent it bothers you/us.

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Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B by tamana on Monday June 13, 2016 @10:40AM (#11894218)
Most of us get repeated phone calls asking where the buttons went. Learning new things gets harder with age.
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Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B by taude on Monday June 13, 2016 @09:26AM (#11893624)
Apple's proven that the general population get over this pretty quickly, though. Look at their iOS 7 update.
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Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B by Silhouette on Monday June 13, 2016 @11:27AM (#11894630)
One of my family, who isn't particularly technical, bought a pre-iOS7 iPad after trying out someone else's and liking it.

Soon it was running iOS 7 after prompting to update to the new OS.

Soon after that it went back to the shop for a full refund, because the person who had liked it before found the new OS and the things that broke in the process of updating that annoying.

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