The market has shown us most users don’t want a “general purpose computer”? People explicitly want appliances that do something well, and a company that backs t

The market has shown us most users don’t want a “general purpose computer”? People explicitly want appliances that do something well, and a company that backs them. Users want what computers enable: to keep in touch with others and do work and play most efficiently. I remember the 80s and 90s and trying to help friends with weird MS Dos or Windows bugs or Windows driver errors. The general, unopinionated nature of these platforms made it harder for most people to do what they wanted. I’m not saying for some of us it’s not fun to have general purpose computers. But as a consumer model I’m not sure you could argue it’s ultimately successful. The computer and all its complexities is a “cost center” to the real outcomes most care about.