My wife and I started talking about this after she had to help an old lady at the DMV figure out how to use her iPhone to scan a QR code. We’re in our early 40s.

  • 4onTheFloor@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think it could go both ways. Another commenter mentioned the younger generation being used to things just working. You pull it out of the box, power on, good to go. When it comes to troubleshooting, that’s where they seem to fall behind.

    On a other note, I have a friend that is the same age as me, grew up with pretty similar upbringing. He’s the type that if it doesn’t work then it’s not worth using. Couldn’t get a Bluetooth speaker to connect to a computer so he got frustrated and played without sound.

    I think it will really just depend on what that specific person was exposed to. Admittedly, there has been a few times I got confused at a card reader. I’m used to swiping or inserting the chip. Some card readers are the touch and go and it took me a few minutes to realize it was scan and go.