non-techy

The bald-faced entitlement that has spouted from the mouths of non-techy friends and acquaintances has embarrassed me.

Do you really that being shielded yourself but allowing your non-techy friends and family to be tracked is a 'solved' problem?

Wow, nothing new for any HN regulars, but its good to see the situation put so bluntly to a group of non-techy people.

From what I saw at first glance, it looks easy enough for my non-techy relatives to use.

And maybe that's why so many (non-techy) people find computers needlessly complicated.

The details are intended to impress the lambda non-techy readers.

And I hate the fact that none of my non-techy friends even understand it.

Overall, I'll be recommending a bunch of non-techy people watch that quick video.

I really like the simplicity and 'cue card' approach of Femtoo.com, it also tackles tricky concepts for non-techy users in a non-assuming way.

I'm not arguing against a fiber upgrade, I'd love to see it, but in the end, non-techy people don't seem to see much advantage.

I used Ninite for years and recommend it to non-techy friends.

It's pretty straight-forward and easy to get non-techy people to use (which may or may not be a critical attribute, depending on the makeup of the rest of your team).

Take up something completely non-techy, like woodworking or knitting to meet people outside the tech "scene".

In fact, I frequently encounter among geeks a sort of snobbery against iOS - "it's eye candy for non-techy consumers".

Non-techy people: "Grunt aaahhh why is this * website not working.

When I talk to my non-techy friends, most say the cliches like, "I'm not doing anything wrong, so have nothing to hide".