Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do
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The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers.

Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do. The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers.::undefined

  • erwan@lemmy.mlEnglish
    32·
    5 months ago

    To be fair, cars are becoming less and less serviceable.

    I had a light bulb that died on my car, and tried to change it myself. How hard could that be?

    Turns out the light bulb is so buried under the engine I ended up giving up and bringing it to the shop. And often even independent shops can no longer service cars, you have to bring it to your maker’s dealership because only they have the proprietary tooling to fix it.

    • RockstarSunglasses@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      5 months ago

      As a car enthusiast and backyard mechanic, this is precisely why I prefer to own older vehicles. If something goes wrong with my '06, I can handle that. My friends/family members with newer cars, by and large, can’t even handle their own basic maintenance because of the way things are designed now. It’s worse than planned obsolescence, it’s engineered difficulty.

      • baldingpudenda@lemmy.worldEnglish
        91·
        5 months ago

        Want to change the oil? Good luck! the filter is behind the engine and right next to the exhaust cause fuck you. At this point I’ll look at getting a roller and doing an EV swap.

    • yesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      5 months ago

      I tried to replace my sister’s serpentine belt a couple summers ago. Simple, basic maintenance, right? Turns out, the only way to turn the tensioner, was from underneath the car. I’m still mad about it.