Im not exactly a spring chicken myself so perhaps im not the target audience for this question specifically, but I tend to use a bit of both. I prefer to go into a game blind and figure it out as i go, but once I am comfortable with my understanding of the game I also enjoy checking out what other players have come up with as well. My solution to a given challenge may be vastly different than another player's approach and I do enjoy trying out different approaches I may not have considered myself.

I did grow up during the era where trying to get external info on a game meant getting ahold of gaming magazines (specifically the right one that actually talked about the game you were specifically interested in) or the joys of old dial-up where you'd spend an hour unable to use your phone because you were online while your modem screamed at you and the webpage you needed took 15 minutes to load the 3 pictures the page had (and game wikis were not a thing yet) so you REALLY had to want it if you wanted to check something about a game. So admittedly i'm a bit more patient about gaining game info than some of my younger gaming friends are.