@lxo I didn't see this in my notifications. Apologies for that, I'm aware you're moving to a new account.

Most people who use tech for work purposes expect a good UX. It should not be mutually exclusive from inner workings that do not disrespect the user or harms their freedom, but I don't live in a world of ideals.

From my experience, there's a window of computer users who would be open to learning about how their tech works. I am within said window and am aware, and excitable, when tech that meets said ideal comes about. I don't expect people to care about the same things I do and that's fine by me. If they want to, they will when it suits them (even if that means being burned by software that screws them over).

Nobody here advocates dumbing down, but keeping things overcomplicated or overengineered is one way of making it not worthwhile. Nobody wants to use tools that get in their way.