The average user shouldn't need to delve into the command line -- whether it's macOS, Windows, Ubuntu (for example), whatever -- that's the whole point of a GUI.
System Software (later Mac OS, for Mac OS 7.6 through Mac OS 9) didn't have a command line interface available. That did Apple pretty well from 1984 to 2001.
Mac OS X (and later OS X, then macOS) obviously have the Terminal app, but it is neither a requirement nor in common usage for the average desktop user.
Maybe don't be so classist and reductive? Not everyone hangs out on HN and uses terminal emulators regularly...
I've been hanging out on and enjoying HN daily for many years and I STILL have NO IDEA what a Terminal app or command line is — nor will I ever try to find out.
The average user shouldn't need to delve into the command line -- whether it's macOS, Windows, Ubuntu (for example), whatever -- that's the whole point of a GUI.
System Software (later Mac OS, for Mac OS 7.6 through Mac OS 9) didn't have a command line interface available. That did Apple pretty well from 1984 to 2001.
Mac OS X (and later OS X, then macOS) obviously have the Terminal app, but it is neither a requirement nor in common usage for the average desktop user.
Maybe don't be so classist and reductive? Not everyone hangs out on HN and uses terminal emulators regularly...