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Despite tech-savvy reputation, Gen Z falls behind in keyboard typing skills (www.techspot.com)

submitted 2 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it's not becoming boomers. It's about rarely meeting one who knows that, for example, wifi is not the internet. I'm not asking for detailed tech knowledge. But getting a blank face if asked something as simple as "where did you save the file?" or replying with "in the gallery/google photos" means you are not tech savvy. these are the absolute basics.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee -3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

What's your sample size, do you actually talk to many gen z

If you asked them where they saved a photo on a smartphone they're not going to tell you a filepath because that's not how people use smartphones. I probably couldn't tell you where photos are stored physically on my phone without going out of my way to find that info

Also Google photos is a valid answer to that question because the file is saved in Google photos, just because it's cloud storage doesn't make it not storage. In that case local storage is basically just a cache anyway

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

So not tech savvy?

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago

because that's not how a phone is used.

But it is how any phone/desktop/laptop pollworks. So you're proving my point. Most can't even tell if the file they want is on the device in the first place, if they use stuff like cloud backups. To those people, the file is "in google". Not tech savvy

[–] capital@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

What’s your sample size, do you actually talk to many gen z

They aren't the only ones to have noticed this issue.

If you asked them where they saved a photo on a smartphone...

"Where did you save the file" isn't typically asked in the context of a smart phone. Maybe on Android more so than iOS.