access to a PC and the knowledge to use it is a privilege not afforded to most

Yes and no. Computers have never been cheaper, but back in the 90’s and 2000’s there was only The Computer :TM:. Now a computer is in your pocket, on a tablet, a laptop, or a desktop. You can get a PC for cheaper than a smartphone (beelink anyone?)

I don’t blame zoomers for not knowing proper desktop/laptop computer usage. You can do basically everything without them these days. But it is an objective fact that the consequence is lower computer literacy. Whether that’s a big deal or more like not knowing how to write cursive is up to you and largely depends on what job they plan on holding one day. This may comes as a shock to Lemmy users but in the 2020’s you can completely function without ever touching a mouse and keyboard.

So no, access is not necessarily a privilege unless we are talking about populations that already can’t access smart phones and tablets, in which case that’s a decades-old problem and not relevant. That’s just basic access to any computer device writ large, not a discussion about PC’s.