Why does my treadmill want my email address?

https://lemmy.world/post/18605805

Why does my treadmill want my email address? - Lemmy.World

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.
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.

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”. 🤦🏼‍♂️

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

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.