Something is only user programmable insofar as the user has the capability to program it. An open device today still wouldn't be user programmable because most

Something is only user programmable insofar as the user has the capability to program it. An open device today still wouldn't be user programmable because most people would not have the ability to do so even if they had the desire. For those people (read >95% of the market), functionality and ease of use are so, SO much more important than theoretical freedom.