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Yeah, don't: they know more than you.
Kids that age certainly know how to use a lot of apps, but only in the walled gardens these apps allow them. It's going to be generations of kids only exposed to very curated experiences that companies what them to know.
It was just a joke.
Although it's true: they probably do know a lot more about stuff that matters to their generation than you do, just like you knew more than your parents about stuff that mattered to you as a kid.
And yes, I agree, they do get exposed to the Big Tech party line a lot. But don't underestimate the kids: they're smart, they can tell BS when they see it more than you think, and they're not that easy to indoctrinate.
I know that because when I was a kid, we had our own tech overlords (in my generation, the phone company) and we walked all over them despite the propaganda and apparent overwhelming power. Why would today's kids be any different?
I think “matters more to their generation” is doing some heavy lifting. They surely know how to navigate social media and chat servers and all that. And in a way that’s more important.
I don’t think that maps to being able to use Linux with any proficiency.
Kids are smart in some ways and stupid in a lot of ways that adults are. They’re largely being put in a battle they can’t win against YouTube and TikTok that systematically target their psychology.