I agree, more competition would be the ideal solution, but I'm not sure we can achieve that goal without drastic changes. In my opinion, having competition on d

I agree, more competition would be the ideal solution, but I'm not sure we can achieve that goal without drastic changes. In my opinion, having competition on details like "does it have a headphone jack?" or "is it repairable?" requires competing manufacturers to be able to create near-identical products that only differ in those details, with the price delta reflecting only that one difference and not other complex market conditions. However, creating such "clones" is something our copyright and patent system is designed to prevent. There's some merit to it: preventing clones will force more global diversity. But in the common situation where the user has already decided on one area of the market ("I want iOS and a great camera"), these systems force the user into one choice, not letting them choose in important details. The way I see it, we either tear up all IP laws to allow for drastically lower costs of entry and hope that solves the problem (and other ones too), or we pass laws requiring some minimum standard of repairability. Or maybe a little bit of both (aggressive unbundling laws?).