Re:How criminals are using jammers, deauthers to disrupt WiF...
by x-complexity on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @03:29AM
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> can we please stop calling people "consumers"? It's such a weird and patronising term, not to mention completely unnecessary when "people" does a better job.
"Consumer" IS the technically more accurate term, as outside of the consumption of tech/services as designed for them, they do not venture beyond that realm & try to understand how the tech works.
Similar analogies include:
- Not caring about how a car works internally, & leaving its repair & maintenance to a mechanic.
- Not caring about how their dishes were made, & leaving that to cooks/chefs.
- Not caring about the minutiae of the law, & leaving that to the legal system & its lawyers & judges.
- Not caring about sewer maintenance, & leaving that for sewage workers.
- Not caring about recyclables processing, & leaving that for recycling plants.
- Not caring about Y, and leaving that for (workers/entities that work with Y).
All of us are consumers in some form or another: We require the services of others that require the services of others that require the services of others ad infinitum.
"Consumer" IS the technically more accurate term, as outside of the consumption of tech/services as designed for them, they do not venture beyond that realm & try to understand how the tech works.
Similar analogies include:
- Not caring about how a car works internally, & leaving its repair & maintenance to a mechanic.
- Not caring about how their dishes were made, & leaving that to cooks/chefs.
- Not caring about the minutiae of the law, & leaving that to the legal system & its lawyers & judges.
- Not caring about sewer maintenance, & leaving that for sewage workers.
- Not caring about recyclables processing, & leaving that for recycling plants.
- Not caring about Y, and leaving that for (workers/entities that work with Y).
All of us are consumers in some form or another: We require the services of others that require the services of others that require the services of others ad infinitum.