• Aljernon@lemmy.today
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    6 days ago

    The tipping point was when smart phones with inexpensive internet access became common. Before that, the least intellectually curious among us rarely had computers or internet.

    • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org
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      6 days ago

      I’m not saying that everyone was smart on the internet back then, but when you have to be somewhat enthusiastic to even figure out the internet, owning a computer and troubleshoot it. Now all you have to do is clicking on a symbol on any phone.

      • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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        5 days ago

        Apps made things exponentially easier, but old people 30 years ago basically just had to put an AOL CD in the drive and they were fine