With early computers they were made from people who enjoyed exploring the possibilities for people who liked that, combined with the fact that software, especia

With early computers they were made from people who enjoyed exploring the possibilities for people who liked that, combined with the fact that software, especially general purpose software was limited. Niche products for niche markets. Except from playing games there was little to do. If you wanted to use it for anything else you'd have to program your software yourself. In the nineties computers hot Excel and similar, which took over basic tasks and people built their databases for their hobby or business, there ledgers, ... on top of that. Today there is special software for most of those things and computers are mass market products, made by companies which want the user's to consume media (via iTunes, or YouTube ads etc.) and approachable for everybody. The product managers fear that just seeing a glimpse of a programmable interface drives people away and reduces the media consumption.