There would definitely be a market for 'open source appliances' I believe. Appliances built to last, based on modular design, and with full documentation avail

There would definitely be a market for 'open source appliances' I believe. Appliances built to last, based on modular design, and with full documentation available along with plenty of hooks included to permit third party creation of modifications and enhancements. Basically, applications as a sort of durable platform. Want to be able to connect your oven via wifi and see an image of what's cooking or get a food of its current temperature? That sort of thing could be added a little addon card or module, etc. Of course, most businesspeople would look at that and say 'sure, even if you come to dominate the market, what THEN?' and not like the lack of a built-in way to force people to buy new product. But eventually you would expect there to be one person who would be satisfied with making a few hundred million dollars over a decade even if that shrinks later on.