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this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2025
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you know the computer thing is it plugged in?
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Yes and no. Computers have never been cheaper, but back in the 90's and 2000's there was only The Computer :TM:. Now a computer is in your pocket, on a tablet, a laptop, or a desktop. You can get a PC for cheaper than a smartphone (beelink anyone?)
I don't blame zoomers for not knowing proper desktop/laptop computer usage. You can do basically everything without them these days. But it is an objective fact that the consequence is lower computer literacy. Whether that's a big deal or more like not knowing how to write cursive is up to you and largely depends on what job they plan on holding one day. This may comes as a shock to Lemmy users but in the 2020's you can completely function without ever touching a mouse and keyboard.
So no, access is not necessarily a privilege unless we are talking about populations that already can't access smart phones and tablets, in which case that's a decades-old problem and not relevant. That's just basic access to any computer device writ large, not a discussion about PC's.
while that might be true for the e-waste teirs of pcs, that idea is laughable for anything actually usable. just take a look at nvidia's pricing, and I don't mean msrp I mean the actual price you actually pay at checkout.
Are we seriously going to get elitist about what PC kids are using to learn the basics?
My $120 beelink runs my server on elementary OS and can encode/stream 3x 4K streams without any issue. It’s plenty capable for teaching kids how to use computers.