>That point has practical issues, because most consumer electronic customers are technically dumb.
It's a speaker that worked fine until Samsung unilaterally broke it. I don't think the customers are the dumb ones here.
It's a speaker that worked fine until Samsung unilaterally broke it. I don't think the customers are the dumb ones here.
My anecdote is the opposed of yours: they were interested in knowing why something wasn't working, but only as long as you're willing to be patient, talk slowly, and explain any unknown concepts to them, if required.
Insulting them, or just telling them it's their fault something wasn't working would be a sure way to get a negative reaction instead.
Additionally, I don't think these people are stupid, and I'm not demeaning them. They simply do not care to know and that's perfectly fine. I wouldn't demean someone for not understanding how their car works, or even failing to get their oil changed. The computer is a tool to file taxes and shop on amazon for most people, they have a million other priorities in their lives that come before making sure windows is up to date, let alone actually considering its security. It's the job of these companies to ensure their technology can be used safely without consideration by the end user.
Sorry if it sounded like I was implying you thought that, or called them stupid, I didn't mean it that way. That statement wasn't trying to 'refute' anything you said either - it was just expanding on my anecdote of what I saw that it worked or not, whether in a professional environment or somewhere else.
Now, replying to your recent post,
> It's the job of these companies to ensure their technology can be used safely without consideration by the end user.
I think we just hard disagree here. I believe ultimately the user is/should be on control of how their own computer is used.
Beyond that I think total control can still be achieved in the realm of hobbyists who can run Linux or flash alternative firmwares etc.
Like I said, automatic updates are an evil. But the general populace will absolutely defer every security update until the end of time so long as they don't have to spend five minutes waiting to get to their desktop.
Obviously vendors enshitify their products via firmware updates and potentially brick devices or introduce new vulnerabilities but, it's ludicrous to pretend that the general populace are good stewards of their internet connected devices or that they ever will be. They simply do not care, they never will, and its up to the rest of us to design products for the lowest common denominator if we want protect end users and have a safer internet.
Because the alternative is worse. It's up to companies to provide security-only updates that customers can trust and will CHOOSE to install.