> Most computer users forget that they have years and years of experience with computers, because they actually played with computers for their own fun for years.
The fact that pretty much any user who reads RSS feeds uses applications that do not come with the operating system by default is, I think, proof enough that installing an application is really not that difficult. Being one, I get why Slackware users have issues with that (hhehe) but we're really not talking about a complex maintenance issue here...
Re:RSS: What Not Dying Looks Like
by lelandbatey on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @06:44AM
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We're not committing our users to death. All we're asking is that they learn how to put on a bandaid.
I think this is a common attitude today in all walks of life. We seem to be incapable of thinking for ourselves now, whether when using a computer or crossing the street. I'm amazed that we're still allowed to drive cars.
Re:RSS: What Not Dying Looks Like
by loup-vaillant on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @09:34AM
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Don't worry, soon, we won't. Just wait for the statistics to show autonomous cars are safer, legislation will soon follow. Give it 20, 30 years tops.
Most computer users forget that they have years and years of experience with computers, because they actually played with computers for their own fun for years. So the things that seem drop-dead simple for them are drop-dead simple if you have years of experience.
I'm certainly thankful my doctor has never told me "you know, if you can't be bothered to understand biology, I'll just let the diseases kill you", when he has 7+ years of knowledge that I don't.