It's not just older people - I'm late 20s and I don't want a a high end ANYTHING that relies on a third party to work. Sometimes unavoidable, but I feel like th

It's not just older people - I'm late 20s and I don't want a a high end ANYTHING that relies on a third party to work. Sometimes unavoidable, but I feel like there are quite a few cases (yours included) where it's just unnecessary. I see discounts all the time for smart TVs - I just want a 60 inch monitor without someone else proprietary BS stuffed in it. Seriously concerned about the possibility of smart/app everything with no dumb/consumer customizable options. Apparently something similar is happening with car audio too, because of the increasing integration of the head unit into the guts of the car. We should be making things easier for people to do themselves, not finding more ways to extract money by doing it for them.