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I wonder if in the future people will use their smartphone as an input decive for desktop PCs. If they really can’t be bothered to learn how to use a proper keyboard, that could maybe still be a lot faster than typing with your index fingers.

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Yeah, I get that, and hypothetically you could just use a mobile device for text creation, using your preferred method of inputting text (e.g. a swipe keyboard, or a stylus with text recognition, etc.) on the mobile device and then send it all to the desktop.

I asked about that, and I didn’t get a definitive answer. The conversation was more like:

“You don’t get it, we grew up with touchscreen devices, physical keyboards are outdated.”

“So do you use voice to text or something?”

“No! You don’t get it. We grew up with mobile devices!

“But… How do you enter text!?”

“Nobody cares about your typewriting skills!!”

They stared at me.

I stared back.

The generational gap felt like the Grand Canyon.

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