Comment by Nursie

The problem in these conversations is that we’re in a fairly small niche of people who understand their systems and want to be able to tinker with them.

I agree, my mother doesn’t really need a general purpose computing device. She needs a device that can do Whatsapp video calls and the odd bit of banking.

I don’t think you and she should get the same device. But there are a lot more of her than us. So you’re left with buying a niche, open device (usually pricey and less up to date hardware) or railing against the people making devices for an audience who are for the most part closer to my mother’s aptitude than yours.

I don’t see an easy answer here.