My boomer dad used to hate folders. His home directory was completely trashed with files. Impossible to find anything, and his aversion to folders became a self reinforcing problem.
But with the lockdowns he was spending more time behind the screen and actually started to structure the mess. Now he’s even happily using a NAS to archive stuff.
I guess the principle of having apps manage files is even easier to grok than folders. However if my dad can do it on his own then it’s not like people just can’t learn folders. It’s really only a matter of how do you motivate them.
But with the lockdowns he was spending more time behind the screen and actually started to structure the mess. Now he’s even happily using a NAS to archive stuff.
I guess the principle of having apps manage files is even easier to grok than folders. However if my dad can do it on his own then it’s not like people just can’t learn folders. It’s really only a matter of how do you motivate them.