Your analogy is certainly interesting... but expecting everyone to want or know how to look under the hood of their car is a little delusional. Most people don’t even know or care to check their oil. They drive from A to B and only take their car in for service when a light is illuminated on the dash or if it’s making a funny noise.
Personally, I do all my own maintenance and love to look under my hood. My wife? She’d drive a car until it was devoid of oil or coolant and the block seized up without even batting an eye lash. I’m not passing judgement here, just offering a more realistic viewpoint.
The same is true for users of apps. There’s a reason the stores have grown to be so successful, and a reason the Google store is evolving to be more and more like Apple’s.
I don’t think that they are perfect, but I also would never consider the open source package systems to be perfect either. Everything has a trade off, you can’t have your cake and eat it too.
It's best to avoid analogies. Computing devices nowadays contain all of one's information including sensitive photos, passwords, ability to authenticate, location data, and other security risks that a car doesn't pose.
Personally, I do all my own maintenance and love to look under my hood. My wife? She’d drive a car until it was devoid of oil or coolant and the block seized up without even batting an eye lash. I’m not passing judgement here, just offering a more realistic viewpoint.
The same is true for users of apps. There’s a reason the stores have grown to be so successful, and a reason the Google store is evolving to be more and more like Apple’s.
I don’t think that they are perfect, but I also would never consider the open source package systems to be perfect either. Everything has a trade off, you can’t have your cake and eat it too.