So like, how did she get an emulator working on iOS without knowing how?
I don’t think it was even an emulator, it was probably the official Nintendo port called ‘Super Mario Run’.
I would assume she has a nerdy family member or friend that assisted.
In the past, it could have been an emulator included in an app in secret.
Probably just Afterplay
It could have been a website. I think some let you play emulated games in a browser window.
The concept of an emulator isn’t even that old. Like, literally all throughout the 2000s and 2010s. How did this generation grow up so oblivious to everything? “What’s an emulator?” “How do you use a computer?”
Bro, are we talking about 80 year olds or 20 year olds
What do you mean? He just prays to the machine spirit.
I mean that’s what I do as a programmer.
Yes… but we know why we do it!
If the oldest zoomers are almost 30 and the youngest are just barely teens, I guess we’ve reached the point where “younger” zoomers could be 18 or 20.
It always depends on where you take the definition from, some say it started in 1996, same say it started in 2004. Saying that it probably depends on the country you reside in as well.
What’s the cutoff year for this mindset? Granted, I’m an electrical engineer, but I was born in the early 2000s, and my friends had a solid grasp of computer software and hardware fundamentals.
part of it is down to exposure as well, if you grow up in a place where you can’t just buy the latest iphone every year it’s a lot more likely that you’ll end up fiddling around with stuff and learn how it works.
like india has a lot of this, people can’t afford a new device but it’s not that difficult to get some “e-waste” which is still perfectly functional (if slow), so kids are way more likely to end up fiddling around and learning.
I had restrictive parents who wanted to investigate and limit every part of my digital life, so most of my motivation came from getting the most out of the devices I could access. Usually that involved manipulating software to break parental digital locks, or to install more featured homebrew to access websites (and emulators).
Financially, my folks could have gotten me what I wanted out of my tech, but tried to hold me back because of their personal views. That was what drove me to get creative and understand more about all my devices.
they don’t understand what is an emulator?
It just means someone set it up for her, I suppose
