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From: Rich <rich@example.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: The joy of Linux
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 18:17:02 -0000 (UTC)
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rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Nov 2024 13:20:02 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote:
> 
>> The "touchy-feely-crappy" (i.e., cell phone/tablet) (as TNP puts it)
>> appeals to the IT illiterate because it seems easier to use.  And
>> there's a whole lot more IT illiterate in this world than there are even
>> moderately IT literate folks.
> 
> It was inevitable. Most users aren't interested in the technology. The 
> content could be delivered by magic for all they care.

For most (99%) of users, to them, the content *is* delivered by magic:

     Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from 
     magic.
     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws>

And for that 99%, having no idea, and no care to know, how any of it 
works, it is simply "the magic box that plays my videos".

> My Nokia doesn't have a replaceable battery and will die someday so I 
> keep abreast of the phone market.

It is likely possible, albiet with some effort, to replace the battery 
if need be.

> All the reviews are concerned with is how well the phone can play 
> videos, take photos, and play games.

Of course.  Pandering to the masses in order to get the "views" 
necessary for the "ad revenue" to spill out.

> For that matter most car reviews are more interested in the 
> entertainment system than what lives under the hood.

For the majority of drivers, their car is "magic" to them as well.  
They have no idea how any of it works, nor do they have any care to 
know even the slightest amount of how it works.

The majority of "the masses" have no inherent curiosity at all.  The 
remainder that do become the scientists and engineers that create the 
"magic" for the rest.