Tech has been mainstream for a couple decades now. Before, everything was marketed towards young people because it was too new and parents back then were still too used to the old ways, especially since industries and everything serious still happened on paper anyway, but times have changed and now everything new comes in flavors for all ages. Barriers are low as they’ve ever been, with smartphones and tablers in every hand. If you want to feel special, find a niche, the common spaces are all taken over.
I think it’s more of “tech that’s popular because it’s new and not because it’s actually helpful” that’s popular with the people who were upper middle age several years ago because those people were still able to get used to the new technology era but unable to fully understand it.
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Tech has been mainstream for a couple decades now. Before, everything was marketed towards young people because it was too new and parents back then were still too used to the old ways, especially since industries and everything serious still happened on paper anyway, but times have changed and now everything new comes in flavors for all ages. Barriers are low as they’ve ever been, with smartphones and tablers in every hand. If you want to feel special, find a niche, the common spaces are all taken over.
As things improve, I’m guessing we’ll start seeing AI detecting apps where you can plug in a picture and the app will tell you if it’s fake or not.
No, it became uncool because it’s morally wrong and shady. Mass stealing and environmental impact.
Sadly it also probably will be like home ownership, being debt free, and having social security.
Except that parents are currently millennials and Gen Z
I think it’s more of “tech that’s popular because it’s new and not because it’s actually helpful” that’s popular with the people who were upper middle age several years ago because those people were still able to get used to the new technology era but unable to fully understand it.