| reply to jubangy
Re: Too Lazy "this whole mind set where everything should be point and click is real old"
Joe is like this because, up till now, he has really not needed much brains to operate his stereo, TV, etc. Most consumers like Joe and Jane dont care how it works as long as it works when they flip the switch, or, press the button.
Most people are stunningly stupid when it comes to a computer and just want to point and click. This is exacerbated by companies like Microsoft and the "security suite makers who want to make their software as simple as they can for this very reason, as well as to avoid any responsibilities (and the costs thereof) of actually making software that works, reliably, with security on by default and actually requiring Joe and Jane to LEARN something.
This is because, once again, of the fact that a corporations ONLY motivation for EVERTHING they do is MONEY and accumulating as much of same as they can.
I am of the opinion that such companies will, eventually, be forced to take some responsibility, as will Joe and Jane, as the fraud problems get worse on the internet.
Sooner or later, these problems will hit a tipping point, as does, inevitably, all criminal activity (since criminals and fraudsters are just like corporations in their basic motivations), and they will be forced to do so by laws and tort.
It will be interesting to watch, I have no doubt. |
