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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6193922" data-attributes="member: 8835">Yup.Though us tech people may have an advantage, past experience, otherwise it's true for us as well.&nbsp; We pick up our first iThing and have to muddle our way through it (I spent a WEEK setting up and wiping my wife's first iPod Touch to get the library exactly the way I wanted it with our large MP3 collection integrated into it.&nbsp; A thankless job and largely frustrating to the reciever of the new toy, as proper config takes longer than sloppy config.I don't know why all the meatbags on the planet can't be bothered to exercise the same effort I do to learn how to use the things in front of them.As to mistrust vs don't trust, that's like semantics.If you don't know how iCloud works and refuse to use it, that smells like mistrust.&nbsp; While there's validity to the logic of not using things you don't understand, taken to the extreme reveals some serious problems.&nbsp; Point in fact, Trust is the very definition of non knowing/being certain, but still relying on that thing to do its job.I don't know how gravity works, but I trust it to bring things to the ground when I let go of them.I don't know how SQL Server stores its data, but I trust it to do so reliably when I use it to design a database application.I don't know exactly what servers Apple uses for iCloud (or even where they are), but I trust them to secure and retain my data.In all of those cases, I know how to USE the tool, but that doesn't mean I know how it works inside.&nbsp; That isn't necessary to be a functioning human in a technological world.&nbsp; Heck, that's literally Apple's modus operandi.&nbsp; They simplify tech so you don't NEED to understand it to use it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 6193922, member: 8835"] Yup. Though us tech people may have an advantage, past experience, otherwise it's true for us as well. We pick up our first iThing and have to muddle our way through it (I spent a WEEK setting up and wiping my wife's first iPod Touch to get the library exactly the way I wanted it with our large MP3 collection integrated into it. A thankless job and largely frustrating to the reciever of the new toy, as proper config takes longer than sloppy config. I don't know why all the meatbags on the planet can't be bothered to exercise the same effort I do to learn how to use the things in front of them. As to mistrust vs don't trust, that's like semantics. If you don't know how iCloud works and refuse to use it, that smells like mistrust. While there's validity to the logic of not using things you don't understand, taken to the extreme reveals some serious problems. Point in fact, Trust is the very definition of non knowing/being certain, but still relying on that thing to do its job. I don't know how gravity works, but I trust it to bring things to the ground when I let go of them. I don't know how SQL Server stores its data, but I trust it to do so reliably when I use it to design a database application. I don't know exactly what servers Apple uses for iCloud (or even where they are), but I trust them to secure and retain my data. In all of those cases, I know how to USE the tool, but that doesn't mean I know how it works inside. That isn't necessary to be a functioning human in a technological world. Heck, that's literally Apple's modus operandi. They simplify tech so you don't NEED to understand it to use it. [/QUOTE]

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