Open source exists so one person can build off the ideas of other people. This is how we get layers of abstraction that make computers approachable for the next

Open source exists so one person can build off the ideas of other people. This is how we get layers of abstraction that make computers approachable for the next person. So one person makes the OCR component. Another makes the SBC to control it. Another makes the drivers for interfacing with sensors... ect. Obviously this is too much work for one person. I think it's still worth it though. Maybe not to you, but then again you obviously don't care so you're free to go buy an off the shelf Chevy that you can never fix.