> I why would I want to hack it [document]?
Well, have you never been in need of opening a .doc with a simple text editor like vim and fix some issues? Really?
> The times when hackers and users were the same people a over.
That not my point. I reacted to the false claim that prosumer (ie power users / hackers / hn readers) prefer Apple.
As a matter of fact, most geekest geeks I meet in my job are all having Nexuses. Maybe because I live in China, but it was about the same in France and in Germany.
Why do you think we see the rise of different "clouds"? Because they hide another layer of details. And yes, they move files you love so much further away from us. For the best, in most cases.
The times when hackers and users were the same people a over. Hackers today must understand, that the users of their products are no longer other hackers (with exceptions, of course) so different rules applies. Normal user will not care about implementation details. They may scare him. What the user want is to pick your product up and just use it. Failing to understand that you fail as a hacker. On the other hand, succeeding to hide implementation from the users is a great hack.