Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking
by youseecomrade on Thursday February 15, 2018 @05:44PM
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People don't want to feel dumb (or don't want to learn too much Computers so they aren't Nerds) so they find excuses and don't want to use anything "complicated". And good people don't want to abuse your time. That's my real life experience, maybe on the internet it's not the same.
For thinkers, problems are an opportunity to learn. Others, they don't see it that way, they want things to just work without making them think. If anyone you're trying to "teach" and "show them the way" ever loses money or have any kind of non trivial issue because "your linug broke my microsoft access" you'll be forever the guy that broke his computer. And he'll hate Linux forever.
"Yes nana, you just have to install linux-headers first"
Do you handle all of their Windows-related technical issues?
Are they incapable of learning to do it themselves?
Really?
Are you absolutely sure?
It's all-too-common for people to become dependent on technically-minded friends/family like us, but the fact is that it really isn't difficult for them to do it themselves.
The main barriers they face are:
1. I haven't done this before.
2. I don't immediately see the benefit.
What it comes down to is self-reliance. We can teach people to rely on themselves instead of rely on us.
As the saying goes:
> Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for the night. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
... something like that, anyway.