My only observation is this: Not everything is about that one gadget you bought. Yeah, I have an iPad. An iPhone. An Apple Watch. No, I can't mod these things,

My only observation is this: Not everything is about that one gadget you bought. Yeah, I have an iPad. An iPhone. An Apple Watch. No, I can't mod these things, take them apart, etc. No, I don't care. I still have a self-built PC running Linux and a bunch of services. I still have a Macbook I can install whatever I want, even Windows or Linux if I chose to. I still have all my own networking hardware that's substantially more hackable. Going wider, I have a car and I have a bike. One is more hackable than the other. One of them has a service light you need to go to the dealer to clear (unless you're in the know and have special tools). Some of that is in my wheelhouse, some isn't. Sometimes I pick a battle, sometimes I let a tool be a tool. I think the world of computing is too wide to bother with puritanical about the devices I use. It's just not worth the energy when those things that are heretically 'infantilizing' etc. are just useful and pleasureful to use.