What’s todays equivalent of being a kid and getting to play with computers in the 80, 90s?

The interesting thing about this comparison is that in the 90s when I was playing with computers, I didn’t have to create an account or ask permission. In most cases, today’s “playing with computers” happens in the cloud and requires an account.

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Not sure necessarily true. Your parents had to have an account to buy it. Bank, etc.  and the onboarding of those accounts are equivalent to our modern day onboarding.

Ah I see what you mean now. Like as soon as it’s in your possession, you just jump on and mess around. Little to no “auth-ing”.

My sister and I bought our first computer out of someone’s garage for cash that we’d made doing chores all summer. I was able to tinker on that thing without an account. But I get your point.