I’ve been writing software for a very long time. Users are essentially stupid and lazy. They don’t read what’s on a screen, even if it’s the only thing on the screen, even if you don’t give them any other options than clicking “Ok”.
When I say stupid, it’s not that they’re dumb, it’s that their mental model of the world doesn’t match the computer one, saying things like: “well, that’s stupid, it should be like this”, followed by a completely illogical and unimplementable world view of the problem they think is being solved.
For the majority of humanity, computers are magic and no amount of arguing here is going to change this in our lifetime. It’s why AI is welcomed with open arms and no thought to its reality.
Those “stupid and lazy” users own their phones, not you. They are the admins of their devices, not you. And as admins they should have full control over the security policy, not you.
They are the admins of their devices, not you. And as admins they should have full control over the security policy, not you.
I can’t agree with you there, a few years ago I installed Mint on my mum’s old desktop. It was either that or pay for a new Windows license to “upgrade” to Win10. She doesn’t have admin, doesn’t even know what admin is and would be unwilling to learn if she did know.
Not all users need to be admins, in fact most don’t want it.
Me, however, I get pissy if the machine stops me doing what I want to do.
I’ve been writing software for a very long time. Users are essentially stupid and lazy. They don’t read what’s on a screen, even if it’s the only thing on the screen, even if you don’t give them any other options than clicking “Ok”.
When I say stupid, it’s not that they’re dumb, it’s that their mental model of the world doesn’t match the computer one, saying things like: “well, that’s stupid, it should be like this”, followed by a completely illogical and unimplementable world view of the problem they think is being solved.
For the majority of humanity, computers are magic and no amount of arguing here is going to change this in our lifetime. It’s why AI is welcomed with open arms and no thought to its reality.
Those “stupid and lazy” users own their phones, not you. They are the admins of their devices, not you. And as admins they should have full control over the security policy, not you.
I can’t agree with you there, a few years ago I installed Mint on my mum’s old desktop. It was either that or pay for a new Windows license to “upgrade” to Win10. She doesn’t have admin, doesn’t even know what admin is and would be unwilling to learn if she did know.
Not all users need to be admins, in fact most don’t want it.
Me, however, I get pissy if the machine stops me doing what I want to do.