Things have changed since 1983. Back then people did know the difference. It was stilll an analog world and only the very beginning of digital recording.
People today _don't_ know the difference because the first thing they hear is lossy, loud digital, not acetate, vinyl or cassette. But if they were raised on analog, you can bet they would hear the difference.
"... a stuffed giraffe that squirted whipped cream on the audience."
Washington Senator Slade Gorton telling him to pipe down for mimicking Mrs. Baker's Southern accent in a Senate hearing. I would _love_ to see some video of that. C-SPAN archives?
All those can be downloaded, scanned and read/played at my convenience.
Anything I can read/view in a "browser" connected to the internet can also be downlaoded and read/viewed in a native application, perhaps sandboxed in a virtual machine, and certainly not connected to the internet.
If, after reviewing the materials I've downloaded, I want to make a purchase or do some banking transaction, do I need a "browser"? No. I already know what I want to do. I have the request prepared. I just need a way to send my request and receive a confirmation. I need the transactionn to be secure. Like SSH.
I already do things this way to the extent possible.
Browsers are far too complex and try to do too many things. They are inherently insecure and clumsy. Yet they are essential to use for basic tasks like online banking.
I often wonder why banks don't get together and develop a _simple_, secure, open-source "browser" that does only one thing: process banking transactions. No marketing gimmicks. Business has these sort of no-nonsense standards and tools but not consumers. Instead, we have to use massive, complex, developer show-off software like "Firefox" or "Chrome" for the most simple things. Ugh. What a mess.
Things have changed since 1983. Back then people did know the difference. It was stilll an analog world and only the very beginning of digital recording.
People today _don't_ know the difference because the first thing they hear is lossy, loud digital, not acetate, vinyl or cassette. But if they were raised on analog, you can bet they would hear the difference.