Ok, so we agree, it is implied that using an application means it chooses things for you, contrary to the statement of the above poster’s desires. I’m being extremely pedantic of course, but the point is it’s not actually easy to determine which things software should decide automatically and which things it shouldn’t for optimal UX, it’s different for every user, and just making everything configurable isn’t a sufficient answer because complicated configuration is itself bad UX.
all software does stuff for you, that’s almost the definition
Linux: “sure thing, boss! I’ll delete the bootloader right away!”
Depends on the definition of “doing stuff for me”.
I can practically guarantee you never want to use an application which has no conditions or branching in it whatsoever
That is implied when talking about an application.
Ok, so we agree, it is implied that using an application means it chooses things for you, contrary to the statement of the above poster’s desires. I’m being extremely pedantic of course, but the point is it’s not actually easy to determine which things software should decide automatically and which things it shouldn’t for optimal UX, it’s different for every user, and just making everything configurable isn’t a sufficient answer because complicated configuration is itself bad UX.