At the same time, people may have lost some of the freedoms they had back in the 60s and 70s to repair and modify their property. Used to be that TVs and such c

At the same time, people may have lost some of the freedoms they had back in the 60s and 70s to repair and modify their property. Used to be that TVs and such came with full schematics attached inside the case. But as more and more microchips and firmware has gotten involved, those schematics have vanished, as there is little one can do with a multimeter and soldering iron alone. Or look at vehicles. More and more of a car is controlled over the CAN bus. Good luck debugging that. Or look at the struggle between farmers and John Deere.