I&#x27;m going to say something a bit controversial here.<p>Most people are not creative. Its true. There isn&#x27;t some horde of people who want to program but don&#x27;t know it yet because they own a tablet instead of a computer. There isn&#x27;t some horde of musicians that will never know it because their music comes from an mp3 instead of their own instrument. There isn&#x27;t some horde of artists who will never know it because their images come from a camera instead of owning a paintbrush. Heck even on a web-forum where contributing content is as low friction as sharing links, only ~10% of users do it. And only 10% of that 10% actually make the content that&#x27;s posted. 90% of people are happy to passively consume content.<p>I wish the author were right. I wish there was this huge hidden demand for a real computer revolution. I still think that when I buy a device I should actually own it (which entails freedom to modify). But let&#x27;s face it idealistic nerd types. We lost. Most people are consumers not creators. Get over it, go to work, program <i>for</i> them, and wipe away your tears with a stack of money.