It’s almost like people have gotten really used to instant gratification

Being able to work is not “instant gratification”. People need it to be able to afford to live, and often in doing jobs that are directly essential for the life or quality of life of others. Incredibly out of touch take imo

did you ask for help? That’s what the internet is for.

And wait 3-5 business days for whatever menial problem

This is a common meme but essentially is never needed

On the other hand, the ugly frontends to the package manager just work.

The misery I have trying to get a newer(or sometimes older) version of a package I want is sometimes immeasurable. Yet somehow usually the right version is extremely accessible on choco.

Do your parents never need/want to download anything?

It doesn’t matter where its hosted