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I think that comes from the fact that a lot of people got into computers by learning to take apart and fix things like that.
That, and the general populace has fuck all for troubleshooting skills.
The error on the screen tells you exactly what is wrong in plain English... But you got impatient and clicked past it.
(Unless the dev happened to not write the error messages, then you're fucked or pay money for support)