Voluntary control & choice of control vendors, maybe. But enforced monopolistic control - c'mon there is no freedom there. Not to mention legally enforced mon

Voluntary control & choice of control vendors, maybe. But enforced monopolistic control - c'mon there is no freedom there. Not to mention legally enforced monopolies destroy the market for everyone, including themselves. Pretty much the 1st observation Adam Smith makes. Without freedom and thus competition there is no progress, everything stagnates. Music & film industry is a case in point, every change they lobby against turns out to be insanely profitable when they are forced into it. ( 78's, radio, videos, mp3 , streaming - all were going to 'kill' the industry till they didn't ) Fat cats won't change or innovate without competition. Control abates all innovation. Enforced control of your hardware is slavery.