system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Tron] Why are the programs so different from ours?

By definition, programs are just a set of instructions detailing what a user wants a computer to do. Yet Tron's programs are autonomous, have individual thoughts, and can do whatever they want. So why are they different?
gpt
Because computing is *very different* in Flynn's universe. Programs in his world aren't just 1s and 0s, and the act of making them is more than just hammering away at a keyboard. They are little tiny people, and the users are their gods. And not just the ones made on Incom's system; it's noted that as the Master Control Program has expanded, it's seized and enslaved programs from other sources, indicating that this is typical of programs in his world.

While not directly shown, it's probable that this is still true at the time of Tron: Legacy, but as Incom and the Flynn family are the only ones with access to digitizing hardware (and it looks like Incom doesn't even do anything with theirs) no one is aware that their computer programs and phone apps have feelings and opinions.