alt Hacker News> Because nobody actually wants a "web app". People want food, love, sex or: solutions.
Okay but when I start my car I want to drive it, not fuck it.
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Sadly, this is not true of a (admittedly very small) number of individuals.
I feel like this is the point where we start to make jokes about Honda owners.
Christine didn’t end well for anyone.
...so that you can get to the supermarket for food, to meet someone you love, meet someone you may or may not love, or to solve the problem of how to get to work; etc.
Your ancestors didn't want horses and carts, bicycles, shoes - they wanted the solutions of the day to the same scenarios above.
But do you want to drive, or do you want to be wherever you need to be to fuck?
Even if it purred real nice when it started up? (I’m sorry)
Weird kink
Food -> 'basic needs'... so yeah, Shelter, food, etc. That's why most of us drive. You are also correct to separate Philia and Eros ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_words_for_love ).
A job is better if your coworkers are of a caliber that they become a secondary family.
Most of us actually drive a car to get somewhere. The car, and the driving, are just a modality. Which is the point.