I am all in support for making computer technology EASIER to use but not to the effect of taking out features or make it less fuctional because of it.

Take for example iPod. I know it sounds like a another iPod bash but its the clearest case. The only reason iPod is successful other than its design is because its simple to use. Yet its functionality was so severely limited to merely playing music.

But this is the trend I keep seeing with technology. Once you dumb it down so that grandma can use it even if its functionality becomes limited, you make a winning product (software or hardware).