yet…
As a child, tech. was liberatory for me; I didn't have control over much but give me my computer and I had an environment /I/ could define.
When I discovered GNU/Linux, I didn't know it, at the time, but the software was built with me in mind; there were so many settings because the creators, building for their users, designed them that way.
Using a smartphone reminds me how much that isn't the norm, how much what you get to use and how you use it