Very much an intentional goal of the OS when it came out, the hope being that the concepts of files and folders might never be needed. A bold move to get rid of a mental overhead for using a computer that was never natural or intuitive to non-tech users. They eventually had to back off a bit, but it’s an amazing accomplishment that most users can still use these devices as if files weren’t a thing.
How long do you think that IT professionals will need to care about hierarchical file systems?
Yeah this is true, friends that are professors say they now have to have a basic class early in the semester that explains folders, files, and other basics to students.