We allowed people to install arbitrary computer programs on their computers decades ago and, sure we got a lot of virus but, this was the best thing ever for computing
This analogy makes no sense. Years ago you gave them the ability to do something. Today you're conditioning them to not use that ability and instead depend on a blackbox.
It's all blackboxes
Your incompetence doesn't imply everybody else's.
Projection
Not sure what your point is. We are not talking about arbitrary computer programs here but specific one.