So we can get the content we want to read ourselves. Sony just gives us a convenient way to read it, content is not part of their domain. We see the same thing

So we can get the content we want to read ourselves. Sony just gives us a convenient way to read it, content is not part of their domain. We see the same thing with CD players, MP3 players, computers, and practically everything that doesn't have a storefront that wants us to buy overpriced vendor-locked garbage (i.e. cell phones). How is this bad?