I always find that comments like this are doom and gloom and never celebratory that we might reach a point where computers are finally stable and secure enough

I always find that comments like this are doom and gloom and never celebratory that we might reach a point where computers are finally stable and secure enough to be treated like appliances. The first automobiles required dozens of steps just to start the engine, did people back then lament the difference between "cars" and "mechanics' cars"?