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A lengthy opinion piece arguing that computer vendors intentionally keep users in a state of permanent illiteracy through vendor lockdown and restrictive interfaces, contrasting past accessibility (Apple II+) with modern smartphone/app store restrictions, and framing the dichotomy between mobile and desktop computing as economically motivated discrimination by wealth.