Ya'll, we need to stop misconstruing "does nothing to help you" with "gives you full control".

If I buy a computer and it comes as a spool of wire and some transistors, I don't have "full control" over my computer, I don't have a computer.

If I have to build the components and the tools from scratch, you haven't given me control, you've given me nothing. Control implies having pieces I can configure or knobs to adjust, not having to make the controls myself just to have anything at all.