What you're saying is that you left the freedom of your device to jail yourself into simple interface...?
Actually, this is a pattern that many products follow, as they evolve from a newly tinkered thing pioneered by enthusiasts to a mature consumer device.
There is much more "freedom" in 80's and 90's audio equipment. (And markedly higher build quality. Bargain stuff I bought as a teenager is now lauded on ebay as the good old stuff, "built like a tank.") However, there are also a lot more cables to deal with.
The progression is like this:
1) Pure tinkering, no standards
2) Enthusiast market, standards, high modularity/complexity
3) Prepackaged experience, no modularity
Cars also followed this pattern, come to think of it.
Actually, this is a pattern that many products follow, as they evolve from a newly tinkered thing pioneered by enthusiasts to a mature consumer device.
There is much more "freedom" in 80's and 90's audio equipment. (And markedly higher build quality. Bargain stuff I bought as a teenager is now lauded on ebay as the good old stuff, "built like a tank.") However, there are also a lot more cables to deal with.
The progression is like this:
Cars also followed this pattern, come to think of it.