I think the big difference is, people in the industry (even young people, shortly out of college) grew up with (at minimum, if not earlier systems) DOS based systems, Windows 3.1, IRC chat client's etc. "Back in the day" anyone interested in using their computer for something useful had to learn to do it themselves, and tinker, and become interested in expanding their ability to make their computer do what they want.
I think even with all the things we have these days people will teach themselves about computing. The first OS I used was Windows 95 and my computer education has been awful but I know more about computers than most people my age because I tinker with them. I wanted my own website so I taught myself how to use Linux and ran a webserver on an old laptop. I think it may have even become easier for people who are actually interested to teach themselves because of the massive wealth of information available on the internet.
I think the real problem is that people have been taught that computing is too difficult for them and that knowing about computers is only for 'geeks'. Schools need to stop teaching just Microsoft Office and teach people that computers aren't just Facebook and games.
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