Not justifying anything...but back when Steve was alive I had a conversation with him on this topic. I was at NeXT writing drivers (NeXTStep) and I had tested

Not justifying anything...but back when Steve was alive I had a conversation with him on this topic. I was at NeXT writing drivers (NeXTStep) and I had tested a few disk drives on my cube. When I suggested that we might certify them, Steve said that he wanted simplicity, and only wanted to provide a few well-tested and working choices - so he didn't want more than a few basic choices. He also said (disparagingly) that more sophisticated users would figure out how to change things. From his tone I got the impression that it was ok if they did that, but we weren't going to support them at all. Such users weren't our target market, since all my interactions with Steve were focused on beauty and simplicity (Steve wasn't technical at all, as has been well documented - and I can certainly confirm.)