Win 95? You youngins with all your fancy 'Windows' and 'point and click'...Heck, my first computer ran CP/M...
I think your analogy holds up quite well. All kinds of systems have gotten more complex and, apparently, less hackable. I say apparently because there is a whole new generation of tweakers and fiddlers who work on everything from firmware to hardware to software to cars. In fact, they hack chips on cars to make them run better/faster/smarter. I think as we get older, it's a balance of time, effort, and fun vs money. I'm willing to give up some cash for things like oil changes so I don't have to deal with the waste oil and giving up an hour of my time when I could be doing something more fun for me today. For others, the equation is different and they'd rather be under the hood getting greasy.
Checkout hackaday.com, make.com, and openprosthetics.org to get a feel for what kind of things people are doing.
Win 95? You youngins with all your fancy 'Windows' and 'point and click'...Heck, my first computer ran CP/M...
I think your analogy holds up quite well. All kinds of systems have gotten more complex and, apparently, less hackable. I say apparently because there is a whole new generation of tweakers and fiddlers who work on everything from firmware to hardware to software to cars. In fact, they hack chips on cars to make them run better/faster/smarter. I think as we get older, it's a balance of time, effort, and fun vs money. I'm willing to give up some cash for things like oil changes so I don't have to deal with the waste oil and giving up an hour of my time when I could be doing something more fun for me today. For others, the equation is different and they'd rather be under the hood getting greasy.
Checkout hackaday.com, make.com, and openprosthetics.org to get a feel for what kind of things people are doing.