My 'first experience with computers' was playing with a Super Nintendo, for many of my friends it was a Gameboy or some other console. The iPad is a lot easier to hack than either of those, just as the iPhone is a lot more developer-friendly than the feature phones before it. It all depends on whether you categorise today's devices as computers or consoles.
And I remember how I had to pay lots of €€€ for Delphi and later Visual C++ on Windows; at least the latter is now free!
I don't think there is a clear trend in computers becoming more hostile to tinkerers.
And I remember how I had to pay lots of €€€ for Delphi and later Visual C++ on Windows; at least the latter is now free!
I don't think there is a clear trend in computers becoming more hostile to tinkerers.