I agree with you, but one feature all of the examples you gave have in common is that they're only accessible to certain demographics. When you make <$1000 a mo

I agree with you, but one feature all of the examples you gave have in common is that they're only accessible to certain demographics. When you make <$1000 a month, as many people do, organic produce doesn't seem very practical, let alone an eye-watering $3800 for a System76 box when compared with one made in a sweatshop for a fifth the price (and I know System76 offers generous payment plans, but not to people with poor credit, which excludes a large number of low income folks -- e.g. me, once upon a time). Simón Borreo, one of the founders of Rappi, said a few years ago in an interview[1] that the wildfire success of Rappi and other on-demand startups in Latin America and other emerging markets is due to vastly lower labor costs. The unfortunate reality is that by and large pricing for many items is artificially low due to (hyper)exploitation happening somewhere up the pipeline -- if something is cheap and accessible, often it is because somewhere up the chain, wages are lower or labor conditions are poorer. (Incidentally I think Simón's point should make everyone living in countries with strong labor and minimum wage laws who values those things highly suspicious of the on-demand model and the lobbying efforts of unicorns in that space) It's relatively easy to drive availability for the small subset of the population who didn't notice the apples on their grocery bill cost $5.99 a pound because they were organically grown on a small biodynamic farm in Oregon that treats its workers kindly. It's much, much harder (or outright intractable) to drive availability for everyone else -- under the current system. [1] https://lavca.org/2016/12/01/entrepreneur-profile-simon-borrero-co-founder-ceo-rappi/ https://lavca.org/2016/12/01/entrepreneur-profile-simon-borr...