They could have made little things LIKE A DAMN FILE SYSTEM and all the items above symmetrical with MacOS ages ago. It had to be choice. Cannibalizing low end m

They could have made little things LIKE A DAMN FILE SYSTEM and all the items above symmetrical with MacOS ages ago. It had to be choice. Cannibalizing low end macbook sales? Who knows? Really, it's not just tiktok viewers who use these. How long did a file system take? Was Apple so certain of buying Dropbox that this was left undone? But the point you make is a lock. These were (IMO) easy to implement long ago, easier than a lot of things we never asked for and never use. And the only tone control I've ever seen is the equalizer hidden in Apple Music (nee iTunes) Why not a system control? How damn hard is that, given that the code is already written? I get equalizer boxes at the thrift store. Now, REALLY? I personally feel that a great deal of value in life is creating things, rather than just consuming. So, you can say to me "Well, not everyone is talented in this area or that" and I say: "Who knows what they are capable of doing if they don't have the instruments or tools available? Or if things are so dumbed-down as to make a moat? Hypercard was genius, but without it, people had to cross that programming moat to use programming languages. And kids? They love to create, or used to, until fed nothing but computer junk food. Even the dumbest Linux distro has plenty of learning tools (besides GCompris). All other concerns aside, the tools were free, and it was/is a sign of respect for the users to include them. Assuming your users are dumb-asses is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Bicycles for the mind became DIY Formula 1 cars for the mind, and on the low end, we don't even have to think any more. Someone took the web design book "Don't make me think" and made it a way of life. Secret AI man. You're a man who leads a life of brain rot. Everyone you meet is now a chatbot. With every word you type, you get 10 megs of hype. You will never have a thought, just borrow. Secret AI man. Secret AI man. They've given you a chatbot and taken 'way your soul. (CC, please steal) "But lo! men have become the tools of their tools." Thoreau I built my own S-100 computers when there were none. My point isn't that everyone needs to do that, but was excited to "do something" as in "Computer Lib; Dream Machines" I wanted to solve interesting, even bespoke problems and had to build stuff to do it (outside the IBM machine room). And at the time, one could "consume" content on radio and TV, the point being that you could get good stuff as well as junk, and I watched concerts, Bernstein lectures, and outrageously creative stuff like Ernie Kovacs and Twilight Zone. "Content" was always there, but the creative tools weren't --- until they were. Assuming your users are dumb-asses is a self-fulfilling prophecy.