[swayson]

No idea, not sure if it is the next generation of users, forcing the change, or something more nefarious. ultimately, "control is an illusion"

[marderfarker2]

You already lost control when you let someone else store your files for you. This drive letter issue is just a GUI problem.

[ClumsyPilot]

In any normal market, the customer is the one is control, because they are the one paying. Something is seriously rotten.

[atatatat]

That would be the tech knowledge of the individual. Record lows, considering the pervasive tech.

We've taken the opportunity of technological advancement and turned it into societal devolvement in the name of convenience, instead.

[Gigachad]

What kind of evil plot do you think google is behind here? Seems like a completely legitimate change to me.

[swayson]

Slippery slope, slowly conditioning people, and before you know it. Only a select few may have the ability to use general computers.

Speculation, but plausible. I'd look at the broader trends, not just this one event. Rather, the series of events and the dark pattern behind it.