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Yup that's why while Tech Bros and Tech Enthusiasts sound similar they're complete opposites. Im personally a tech enthusiast :3
I love the fact that solely from your comments ending in ":3", that I was sure to find a Blåhaj in your history.
I may be silly :3
The easiest way to distinguish between them is to ask what they do in their spare time.
Tech enthusiasts do either tech work, or creative work.
Techbros do extreme sports or other brodudish things.
The best way to understand them truly is understanding why they love tech. Tech bros are essentially tech themed finance bros, they love stocks and monetizing tech but they dont care about the technology (examples: NFT bros, crypto bros, etc). Meanwhile technology enthusiasts are acturally enthusiastic about the technology. Not all of them do tech work but most have a hobby in either hardware and/or software tinkering (for example software customization for aesthetic and/or practical purposes, 3d printing, custom circuits, or general hardware modification). I fall into the tech enthusiast category because I love computers (especially thinkpads) and I love Linux :3
Conclusion: if you want to see if someone truly cares about technology ask them what they think about the AGPL/GPLv3 (open source licenses that makes software harder to monetize)
Of course there's also people like me. I hate computers and software. But I also hate finance bros. 🙂
Fair enough