[dpz]

I've seen this with a lot of tech and younger people.

"Kids" these days are just used to things working and not having to fix things themselves and missing out on getting the better understanding.

The only reason I'm in tech at all is from years of running game servers for my friends, fixing my computer, buying something cheap and putting the time in to save a small amount of money.

[capableweb]

> I've seen this with a lot of tech and younger people.

Everyone has seen this with "younger people" since forever, it is not new at all. Every generation feels like the next one has it easier and is lazier when it comes to fixing things themselves or whatnot.

Every person in a generation has said "kids these days are just X" in one way or another, while being guilty of the very same thing themselves when they were younger.

People born today are as likely to do all those things you described as you were, it's just a small amount of people in general that does those things in general, so it skews your perspective.

[Dalewyn]

On that subject, I'm curious what is the "computers" equivalent for Gen Z and Gen Alpha. It would be interesting to know what the hot topic for the next two or three decades actually will be.

[xypage]

Probably AI, regardless of your opinion on its stability/reliability it's definitely the next big thing right now.

[mwcampbell]

I think the best thing we (older generations) can do is just be happy at the evidence of progress, and get out of the way so the younger generations can do things their way. So, for example, I won't try to teach my nieces or nephew programming unless they specifically ask; the generation gap between me and them is much bigger now than it was between my uncle and me in the late 80s.

[Fire-Dragon-DoL]

What's the parallel universe they live in?

Stuff breaks constantly to me, to the point I ask myself how do people deal with these things without software development knowledge.

And I'm not talking about complex setups, I'm talking about android apps, android tv, stuff that should never be touched beside from a couch with a remote.