Or the increased demand will make them cheaper to produce and the consumption will justify further investment into making them better. No, seems pretty shortsi

Or the increased demand will make them cheaper to produce and the consumption will justify further investment into making them better. No, seems pretty shortsighted to me not to work with developers. That kind of attitude tends to be reflective of being dogmatic (screw the rich), rather than taking a rational approach designed to maximize public value (willing to admit that it could be the case that the rich will be early adopters whose consumption benefits everyone).