This is a very idealistic view that will appeal to a small percentage of people. > What do we want from our technology? What’s missing from this list is that

This is a very idealistic view that will appeal to a small percentage of people. > What do we want from our technology? What’s missing from this list is that most people want nice things that are affordable (or even “free”) and if they’re expensive, provide a lot more features. They also want things that just work in connecting them (preferably for “free”) to whatever content or people they’re interested in. On the latter, I think the economies of scale are always tilted to favor those who have scaled and can scale (unless the ones with scale become very greedy and/or ignore the competition). It takes ideals and money to support products that are better in protecting some rights we consider important. That excludes a whole lot of people from choosing.