It’s not exactly new. There’s a reason customer service is a skill, even in a positive context.

Many people crave affirmation. LLMs compliment their intellect, boosting their ego and affirming that their question falls under critical thinking or research rather than ignorance or stupidity.

They’re the type that turn everything into a conversation (more common for elderly people). They crave human connection.

Along the same lines, some people just dislike technology. LLMs are less robotic.

They may trust information coming from a human more than what pops up online. (A large factor in the spread of disinformation)

The additional context/hand holding helps them digest information

Personally: I learn to live with it because search engines are trash. It’s faster to fact check what an LLM tells me, and it usually involves less unnecessary reading.

Basically, people don’t like researching things. LLMs make it feel more question focused rather than information focused.

I did this. Luckily, nothing was lost because I was only using it to learn at the time. It oddly boosted my confidence because if I could break the OS, I could learn how to use it.

1. Windows is a privacy nightmare. The OS is constantly sending data to Microsoft while being used.

2. Windows hogs resources. If you don’t shovel money out for new hardware every few years, your computer will run like shit.

3. Windows is full of ads.

4. The majority of malware is written for Windows. Not really a selling point for me, but it’s a bonus.

5. Linux is free.

6. Linux doesn’t force updates. You update when you want to, and it takes less than a minute to do.

I always recommend watching the director’s cut. It’s like a totally different movie and gives more context.