The connection not drawn here is about capability and flexibility.
You can make a drill without the clutch/torque adjustment, and it will be simpler to use but less capable. Or using the car example, knowing how to manually select gears gives a greater level of control over the vehicle, but most modern drivers don't know/care enough to learn.
The trend is moving decisions/control away from the user. Precisely because it's easier to allow Apple or Google to make all the decisions, rather than learn, manage and maintain things. Users don't understand a CLI any more than they understand a manual transmission. If we want these things to exist, education must be in the mix.
You can make a drill without the clutch/torque adjustment, and it will be simpler to use but less capable. Or using the car example, knowing how to manually select gears gives a greater level of control over the vehicle, but most modern drivers don't know/care enough to learn.
The trend is moving decisions/control away from the user. Precisely because it's easier to allow Apple or Google to make all the decisions, rather than learn, manage and maintain things. Users don't understand a CLI any more than they understand a manual transmission. If we want these things to exist, education must be in the mix.