A device that fails to offer the "average user" even the possibility of becoming power users, hackers, or developers, and stops them from even trying to explore

A device that fails to offer the "average user" even the possibility of becoming power users, hackers, or developers, and stops them from even trying to explore the vast potential of the tools at their disposal, is a device that cannot conceivably function as a replacement for a general-purpose computer. I'm sure many HN participants can recount personal stories of how childhood computers purchased by their families for "average user" purposes ended up becoming things that expanded their horizons far beyond initial expectations. It sucks that current generations are being deprived of that experience by people who can't possibly imagine that anyone would ever use a computing device for any purpose other than the narrow use cases the manufacturer conceived of in advance.