I mentioned it the other day in another thread (
https://gbatemp.net/threads/kids-and-pseudo-understanding-of-privacy.533935/ ) but it is something I find thought provoking and is related so I will go it again
http://www.coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/
I would also echo what tech3475 said. The fear is quite a big one -- depending upon the age then computers in their formative years are likely to have been something the military had post world war 2, to maybe a punch card thing that was so expensive* only (around here anyway) the college and the brewery of all people had them/one. Couple that with a lack of intuitive fixing/usage routines (have you tried turning it off and on again is a running joke but is also an example of things that might not occur to people, also
https://xkcd.com/763/ ).
*I met one of the earlier computer programmers after they became commercial things once. He had to forge his own path from the maths department to it. Not the same guy but around the same time runtime was so expensive that the programmer had two secretaries to type things down for them and they would compare their entries .
Come up during that and you are likely to have some fear. Even today I (I have been pulling apart computers for over 20 years at this point, electronics even longer, software similar timeframes, they are things I know and do day in and day out, have high level training in and self taught even more so, part of all that means I have broken and fixed more than I can possibly remember and continue to do so to keep current,**,) pause and have a measurable amount of cognitive dissonance when I hear of people dropping £200 on a single purpose laptop (training, programming a specific class of device, one specialist printer...) and consider it a bargain at twice the price. Intellectually I know why they do it, indeed I might have even suggested it. Another time a restaurant I did stuff for was having fun with their music systems so they dropped £80 (was a sale) on some fairly nice sound having tablets (on startup and on the thing itself it proudly proclaimed some swish audio manufacturer) and were delighted with the results.
** I don't know if I could be sent back in a time machine with a pack of antibiotics, a copy of
https://geekologie.com/2009/11/cheat-sheet-hang-up-in-your-ti.php , and recreate computers in my lifetime there -- I know the ideas of purifying silicon, doping it and so forth, and carry on right up through making logic gates and digital logic itself but for purely from scratch I have some hazy spots. Those that came after me probably would though.
The health thing is also a fun one. Somehow my hands still work despite falling on them many times to this day, and my sight similarly functions well, far more so than many others my age. To that end "slow down" is a thing I often hear. Bad sight and lower dexterity is a killer.
All that said yes and no to the question of the OP.
I see things dumbed down to uselessness all the time and I hate that. I understand the push but as one that relishes exploring things and making them dance to my own tune it really annoys.
Other times I see needless complexity added, reliability dropped, repairability dropped, and opportunities for customisation closed off, tolerances for a bit of abuse dropped... often no real reasons. We often had perfectly efficient and cheap means of doing the tasks before but oh well.