> Would smart but non-open hardware be a disaster? We can draw some inspiration from the automobile industry. Over the previous 30 years, we lost the ability to

> Would smart but non-open hardware be a disaster? We can draw some inspiration from the automobile industry. Over the previous 30 years, we lost the ability to fix our cars and tinker with them. People like to complain about the loss of that ability. Nobody remembers to complain about how much better modern cars perform when they are working as expected. That's quite funny to read this while the VW 'software cheat' is unfolding.. More seriously, reading this and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10334579 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10334579 in the same day makes for a quite interesting day.