>Mobile phones are not complex to use because of bad interface design, they are complex to use because they are complex devices with a myriad of features. I'm

>Mobile phones are not complex to use because of bad interface design, they are complex to use because they are complex devices with a myriad of features. I'm reminded of Linus Torvalds' rant about CVS[0] and SVN giving people brain damage. While this quote is obviously hyperbolic to the point of being offensive and demeaning, there's some truth to it. People whose only experience is with CVS and SVN might just assume that all version control has to be built in that weirdly clunky and centralized way. Likewise, people who have only ever used the garbage UIs on underpowered phones confused user hostility for essential complexity. [0] Concurrent Versions System, not the US drugstore that used to be called Consumer Value Stores