I highly disagree with this.
I just left a couple of comments regarding the use of "strtok". Its use is straightforward, just RTFM. Those were the golden days when people were less reluctant to read documentation. You could not even install Linux back then without an installation guide of some sort. You still need it for Gentoo, perhaps even Arch or Void. Are they wrong? No, just different target audience. If you do not want to become a "power user", that is fine.
My grandma can barely handle the TV controller. So what? I am really against dumbing things down, called "ease-of-access" or whatever they call it these days.
I agree on that, however, that GPG / PGP signatures should be more visible and whatnot, just add some visual feedback (verified? legit?, etc.), and some e-mail service providers actually do this.
> Are they wrong? No, just different target audience. If you do not want to become a "power user", that is fine.
Complicated doesn't mean bad. I'm not claiming that PGP or GPG are bad technologies because they are complicated to use.
> My grandma can barely handle the TV controller. So what? I am really against dumbing things down, called "ease-of-access" or whatever they call it these days.
The "so what" is simple: PGP is not the right anti-spam solution for your grandma, or mine, or any users like them. This is the context of this conversation: is PGP a good-enough answer for how to establish identity for email in the interest of anti-spam and anti-scam efforts? And the answer is a clear and resounding no, not for the vast majority of users of email.
This, again, doesn't mean that PGP/GPG are bad technologies - they are very good for certain use cases and certain users.
So what is a good-enough answer for my grandma? :P
There's no great answer, unfortunately. Gmail and other off-the-shelf email providers handle much of the spam and some of the scam prevention for you, but you still need to exercise caution on your own.