I don't think the people who downvote this comment have really thought about whether they own their phone, their computer, their printer, their ebooks, their ca

I don't think the people who downvote this comment have really thought about whether they own their phone, their computer, their printer, their ebooks, their car, their software... We have come to an era where you "buy" things but then can't repair them, can't modify them, ant even can't use them anymore once the maker decides so. Most modern machines are actually leased, not bought.