Even though computers were vastly worse back then, I miss the 1980s and early 1990s when there were 5-10 different OSes/computer types available in the home market, a good half-dozen GUIs with some significant market share, and corporations weren’t preventing you from being able to use your own computer to protect their bottom line.

It’s still amazing to me that there was enough propaganda saturation that the tech industry did manage to convince millions of people that having no control of their own computer and systems was optimal. What a propaganda coup. In a way, I admire it. Convincing millions upon millions of people to deliberately harm themselves while rabidly praising that harm is a real work of art in a Machiavellian sense.

But the end results sure are terrible for the non-droolers.