I heard an interesting take, making a parralel between comments and user manuals. User manuals used to be pretty extensive, and filled with information not jus

I heard an interesting take, making a parralel between comments and user manuals. User manuals used to be pretty extensive, and filled with information not just on how the devices work, how they should be maintained, but also on what mindset these devices were built and the general context. For instance I remember buying a vintage camera with the original manual, and it basically explained photography to beginners, including framing the subject, lighting, and shutter discipline. Nowadays a smartphone comes with 2 pages of instructions on how to start the device. Are we much worse because of that ? I'm not sure, something has been lost, but I also can't imagine a smartphone coming with 200 pages of explanations and addenda sent by mail on every OS revision. A code that is regularly evolving in significant ways is to me way closer to a smartphone than a vintage camera.