Because copyright and software can be used to perform a backdoor attack to seize ownership of physical objects from you. You are looking at a full-on attack on

Because copyright and software can be used to perform a backdoor attack to seize ownership of physical objects from you. You are looking at a full-on attack on the concept of ownership. You own nothing: It is licensed to you at the whims of the true owners. Why wouldn't corporations, which are sociopathic "persons" defined exclusively by their avarice not want to do so? It is more profitable to prevent repair. It more profitable to force you into buying more.