Come on, to assert that a "smart toaster" is not categorically different than a laptop or a smartphone is a bad faith argument.
I think market forces don't work well in cases where you have a lot of vertical integration, and increasing consolidation.
The "just don't buy it" argument only works in a competitive market with lots of offerings. What we have in the world of computers is more of a lesser-of-a-few-evils choice in virtually every technology choice.
I think market forces don't work well in cases where you have a lot of vertical integration, and increasing consolidation.
The "just don't buy it" argument only works in a competitive market with lots of offerings. What we have in the world of computers is more of a lesser-of-a-few-evils choice in virtually every technology choice.