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by dmbche 289 days ago
Because their use case dorsn't need it. They have TBs of data and fast CPUs (or it's all on the cloud - and the same applies), they can just crtl-f for the name of their file or the date.

Are they capable of using computers to achieve their goals? Yes. Does that require navigating folders? No.

EDIT0: I remember writing a 4 line program to crash the school computer (recursively executing itself) on notepad, and I'm pretty sure I didn't know what folders and directories were.

I can also attest to many of my coworkers not understanding what file extensions are, while being over 40 and working in aeronautics.