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[–] 292 points 2 years ago (50 children)

This is a gen x complaint. Boomers would just ask their kids to set it up because they can't get it to work. Gen x realizes what is going on and that it is bullshit to need an account for a fucking lightbulb.

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  • [–] 126 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    I think it's a complaint from everyone but Gen z, who are just used to it.

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  • [–] 105 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    I can’t fucking stand making more accounts just because companies want to collect data. The gen-z people I know can’t either.

    Used to it ≠ Not complaining about it

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  • [+] -9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Gen z to me is just the boomers mark II.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    For what reason? That doesn't make any sense.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I meet a lot of overentitled Gen z. They remind me of the boomers that I also meet a lot of. Of course neither group can see it.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (23 children)

    My late 50s mum happily signs up with her Facebook to everything. Meanwhile it's often the people in their late 20s to 30s who were introduced to computers during their youth before everything had super streamlined GUIs who know enough about software that they realize this is a privacy concern, what internet privacy means, and why it's important. People who are older or younger than that have to go out of their way to learn how and why to look behind the easy interfaces. That's my experience and explanation at least.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Remember when our parents were super nuts about keeping your info private online, not revealing too much info to strangers, and not signing up for stupid shit? My my, how the turntables.

    My 70yo mom thinks I'm crazy paranoid because of my data privacy stances, while she's dealing with constant spam and account hacks. Guess who hasn't had damn near any info issues? :D

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I was never allowed to be on Club penguin or the like. I also wasn't allowed to be on Facebook when it became popular around me, until I was 14. Mum, what happened?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Tbf you weren't missing much with Facebook. It was kinda cool in the early days when it replaced MySpace (like Reddit to Digg), but that went out the window pretty quick when all your extended family are calling your parents wondering why there are tagged pictures of you dancing around a fire half naked with a liquor bottle in your hand at 3am.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Then: Don't trust everything you read on the internet, and Wikipedia isn't legitimate because anyone can edit it

    Now: Some loud moron on Youtube told me a thing and I believe it 100%.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Then: people on the internet were mostly technically adept and creating webpages because they enjoyed them.

    Now: people on the internet are mostly ad tech attention economy scams and creating LLM spam blogs for PPC revenue.

    It's just easier now for a conspiracy loon to find something that matches their preconceived biases.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not personally, but I remember the feeling

    My mom never actually had any idea what the internet was. My dad bought the PC for me, so he probably would've doubled down if he knew what I was seeing and maybe would've even said it was good for me or not a big deal or something

    It's weird to see my 11yr old brother now with the exact same access to YouTube which I'd ironically argue is a lot worse than old rotten.com. No idea if that's true but an argument could be made, for sure

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Eh the internet was a lot simpler back then. Yeah there was fucked up shit around like there is today, but social networking imo is what really screwed the pooch. Back then, people just posted screwy shit for the sake of it and had varying degrees of influence, but now almost everything out there is intended to manipulate your behavior and worldview on a mainstream level. It's a shitton more dangerous than the weirdos in chatrooms asking a/s/l.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    My young family members are the worst, they just click "yes" to everything, regardless of any effort I've made to explain how things work.

    Any barrier to convenience is too frustrating to them. They don't like even using full applications in their laptops, always say "wheres the app, this is too complex". 🤦🏼‍♂️

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    that's not just young people that's 80~90% of users

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    You're not wrong. Ffs.

    I'd say you made the point better than any of us.

    I know some network security folks, in their 40's, who've literally said "I don't want to be inconvenienced" when discussing why they tolerate this invasive shit.

    Motherfucker, your job is securing networks. You know first hand the kind of shit going on out there.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Boomers would get the bulb set up by their kids, then something will happen, and you come over to find your parents sitting in a rave room because they need the light and can't fix it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Nope. Mom's meross bulb got a little fucked in a power failure. She unscrewed its green self and put in a regular bulb.

    Boomers WILL solve this. But they'll go low-tech even if it means unplugging the cord to turn it off.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Sadly these days, it’s a hold over from boomer managers making the decision that services require logins, which in turn require accounts and emails. So gen-x managers who were taught by boomers do the same thing. It’s systematic really.

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