No, making a sandwich is more effort equivalent to sending an email, or maybe adding items to a shopping site cart and buying them. Both are fairly intuitive and don’t involve memorizing weird commands like “ls” and “cd” (“cd? But my computer doesn’t even have a CD drive!”).

No, most people don’t need to learn shell scripting to browse the internet, play games, or send emails. Especially if they have jobs that don’t involve a lot of computer work. And it’s unfair to expect them to learn that just so they can use their computer as they were before.

That sounds like a lot of hassle for someone who doesn’t want hassle.

Isn’t Linus pretty famous for his tech tips YouTube channel?

I know it feels as bad as Reddit

Glad I’m on iPhone where I don’t have to worry about “launchers” and everything works out of the box.