By "need" I refer to what is necessary in the abstract.
If the task is "process a digital spreadsheet",
one may be forced or habituated to use a modern software package,
but the abstract task of processing a spreadsheet was possible on hardware
in the 1970s.
My intent is to imply that a better-structured society would provide its people
better and less excessive tools with which to accomplish those tasks.
It may serve the reader better to interpret it as "should need".
General-purpose software was a mistake.
Apps were a mistake.
Monolithic software packages were a mistake.
If it can't be usefully reused, it is wasting space.
Computing has never been legitimately accessible to the masses.
The "personal computer" is almost always a personal software-executor.
The self-concept should be pruned and kept small.
That way lies egotism and denial.
It's better to experience and understand your self than to define and categorize it.
Individualism past acknowledging agency and perspective is generally bad.
Large-scale high-speed computer networking was a mistake.
Ease-of-access is not ease-of-use, and the latter should never come for free.
Humans are not built for a life without difficulty.
Generally, acting as though it were otherwise opens one up to abuse.
More is generally unnecessary.
There are very few people who need more than 512MB of RAM in their primary system.
Fewer still need 4GB.
Most people don't need more than 1200 baud to perform text communication.
New is generally unnecessary.
Very little of novel use is currently in mass-production.
Less still that is better suited to a factory model rather than being built by individuals.
Few people need to make any continuous frequent purchases besides food.