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iOS is literally designed for toddlers to be able to use it. "iPad kids" aren't especially gifted, "iPad adults" are especially stupid.
But on the bright side, those same groups think they "know computers" because they can press large, brightly colored buttons - so they walk around with unearned confidence in their abilities and impatience/lack of appreciation for the people that actually have to fix things.
It's also why a large swatch of these same fucking idiot, drains on humanity loudly challenge the validity of voting tech infrastructure without any factual basis to their argument - they just "feel" like they get it.
Dunning-Kruger
My boss very confidently proclaimed that all serious IT professionals use a Mac. Said Linux "is for programmers and nerds"
He's not wrong. There is a lot more money in selling hype and style, than functionality and substance. Pro's need pay.
TIL, not the same group.
If you laugh, even once, they throw you out of the serious IT group.
As an IT professional, Macs are used by people that couldn't figure out Windows. Linux is for people that understand enough about Windows to live in constant fear of the next newsworthy workday.
...and your ideal system administrator is neither of those?
people like your boss are awesome. managing their macs pays so stupid well, it feeds my linux home sever upgrade habit.
So, programmers != IT professionals, huh...
IT proffesionals are more the folks that install and maintain large scale computer systems and network, like a company's IT department or MSP. Programming is closer to engineering. Software engineering.
"IT professional" does typically lean more towards that yes, but it also encompasses software developers.
I'm in IT, from my experience, most people who use Macs either use it for media, because it is easy to use for the common man, or it is the most expensive option.
I've been in IT for over 20 years the most of the people who use Macs do so because there's supported business software written for it while still being Unix under the hood.
Also most people who use Macs need help from their Linux using coworkers to get anything moderately difficult done on their systems.
So what do they make of people like me who who use Linux on a Mac, with e.g. Colima or Rancher desktop - doing cloud/kubernetes/python development? I moved to a Mac a couple of years ago after 20 years of using Linux as my daily driver because frankly Bluetooth audio on Linux sucks and because I was tired of getting endless different video conference / screensharing solutions working at short notice for interviewing.
Does this mean a specific type of adult, or adults who use iPads? Cause…I consider myself pretty technically gifted, I’m a software developer, previously worked IT…and I love my iPad (for the things it’s good for).
I like the size and heft of the ipad - I never sit at a desk with a computer anymore outside of work, and feel like I thoroughly earned the right to that. But as a productivity device it feels like a straitjacket.
Not OP but I suspect they mean adults that struggle with normal technology but thrive on ipads (can remember the button they use to open sodoku)
Nothing at all wrong with making technology easy to use for the masses, but this can create problems.