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I don't know about anyone else, but I got into computers at a young age because it gave me a sense of control over something. I didn't understand everything, but I could do a lot of trial and error, read things and experiment, build cool things, and I shared a sense of community with some random internet strangers based on that knowledge.
In a world where we are so powerless in so many other ways, why did we insist on bringing that power dynamic into the new bright tech sphere? Why did we have to do that? (N.B. this is rhetorical questioning).
Sadly the majority of normal people don't want control. They just want it to do some trivial task without any fuss at any cost.
Ive worked on all computer platforms, I actually find Mac to be the one thats the most difficult to get to do what I want.
You're supposed to stick to doing what Apple thinks you want to do, how Apple thinks you want to do it.