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by copper-float 1174 days ago
What are you referring to?
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Basically: Convenience and customizability are mutually exclusive.

We as tech nerds value our ability to power user, but this is quite simply at odds with the interests of common users.

Things like further and further abstractioning of file systems, further and further integrations of operating systems with online accounts and other internet services, further and further "appliance"ing of computer systems, etc.