You're mostly correct, but I was poking at the fact that a tremendous amount of software has errors akin to "Something happened (0xcafebabe)" with all the docum

You're mostly correct, but I was poking at the fact that a tremendous amount of software has errors akin to "Something happened (0xcafebabe)" with all the documentation hidden. Error messages common in the industry are the reason most don't bother reading them - they're useless, unactionable and vague.