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People have been using X since that age so anything different is going to be jarring. Just the smallest roadblocks can put people off of stuff. Why bother learning something new when the old thing works?
When I was younger, I would have read this and agreed: people are resistent to change, and that holds us back.
Now, I read this and agree: why do we worry so much about having the newest and shiniest when what we have still works? Seems like a waste of time and resources
Because learning is a good thing.
Sure, but people don't just randomly decide to learn something unless they want to learn it or they think it is useful. I can't drive a manual transmission car. Car enthusiasts may explain to me while they're blue in the face why they're better but unless I actually want to do it I want do it even though "learning" is a good thing inherently. That's how folks who don't understand Linux view it. The goodness of "learning" is not enough to get them to want to do it.
Not wanting to learn is just boring and lazy.
There's a difference between not wanting to learn anything and not wanting to learn a new operating system.
That’s a very boomer like attitude. Learn or get left behind.
Go learn why they don't want to learn some incredibly niche OS then.
Niche, huh? Linux dang near runs the world. Not being a primary gaming platform does not make it niche.