So you assume these changes are made to "appease" a group of people you've decided is stupid, or that Apple thinks they're stupid? I am a long-time Unix user,

So you assume these changes are made to "appease" a group of people you've decided is stupid, or that Apple thinks they're stupid? I am a long-time Unix user, hardly an iOS user at risk of feeling lost on Macs, and while I have immediately turned back on my scroll bars, I was delighted by "natural scrolling," and I love that "Duplicate" makes it more clear that my documents are being auto-saved, as they should be. These things aren't "dumbing down," they're just changes from the way things used to be. Some are better, some are worse, and both of those are opinions. I think labeling them as "dumbing down" and sneering dismissively at people who use iOS is unseemly, speaking of opinions.