> There aren't a whole lot of (i.e. _any_) good actors because the market does not incentivize them Apple is a pretty good actor in this regard though, and the

> There aren't a whole lot of (i.e. _any_) good actors because the market does not incentivize them Apple is a pretty good actor in this regard though, and they're clearly betting a lot on markets to realize the attractiveness of that. > This is why Right to Repair legislation has become necessary, for example. I'm not sure I see how a "bad" actor (maybe like Apple) in terms of the Right to Repair is relevant in the context of trusting device manufacturers. If anything I think Apple's (somewhat self-serving albeit not completely detached from reality) argument would be, and has been e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11047359 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11047359, that their control of device repairs and servicing decreases the risk of malicious software or hardware components being installed.