My computer is sort of like a toolshed. There's a workbench. There are some tools hanging up on the walls. There are some storage cabinets.
Whether I designed it or someone else, I'm here to work, and over time I get used to how things are arranged.
If tomorrow I come in and everything is different, it will be difficult for me to find my tools, and my efficiency will be reduced. If the tools are rearranged in a way that makes them permanently less efficient, I may get irate.
It's different if we're talking about the living room or even the bathroom. It's different if it's my casual clothes or the garden.
But my computer is none of those things, it is my workstation. And if anything gets in the way of that, I get rid of it and find a replacement.
I like your analogy. I got a shed myself and I like working on my bikes. Got loads of tools and it is so relaxing and satisfactory finding the tools you need at exactly the same place you left them. When my brother and me were living together, I would get furious when he would leave tools somewhere else (and vice versa) so I feel the pain.
Thinking a bit about this though, say Microsoft could argue that the toolshed isn't really yours. That you're merely renting/"licensing" it and they reserve the right to rearrange their tools at a whim, and they usually won't touch tools you own. I don't know how to counter-argue this though.
I think if Microsoft - and Apple, and an increasing number of software vendors - were being a bit more honest, they'd argue the computer isn't a toolshed in the first place. It's a theme park. You're supposed to "use it" to enjoy a controlled experience, and get monetized along the way.
You can see it in the language used in UI design these days. It's all about user experience and their journey. Not much about what they want to actually do with help from software.
> Thinking a bit about this though, say Microsoft could argue that the toolshed isn't really yours. That you're merely renting/"licensing" it and they reserve the right to rearrange their tools at a whim, and they usually won't touch tools you own. I don't know how to counter-argue this though.
This is exactly the case, and why I don't use their toolshed anymore.
My computer is sort of like a toolshed. There's a workbench. There are some tools hanging up on the walls. There are some storage cabinets.
Whether I designed it or someone else, I'm here to work, and over time I get used to how things are arranged.
If tomorrow I come in and everything is different, it will be difficult for me to find my tools, and my efficiency will be reduced. If the tools are rearranged in a way that makes them permanently less efficient, I may get irate.
It's different if we're talking about the living room or even the bathroom. It's different if it's my casual clothes or the garden.
But my computer is none of those things, it is my workstation. And if anything gets in the way of that, I get rid of it and find a replacement.