> You can do almost all of these things with off the shelf hardware. At what cost though. When you control every single aspect, and know exactly what hardware

> You can do almost all of these things with off the shelf hardware. At what cost though. When you control every single aspect, and know exactly what hardware you have, this simplifies things enormously. Also, this evergreen article from Ars Technica on owning the stack (it's more about the politics and money of controlling everything): https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/09/owning-the-stack-the-legal-war-for-control-of-the-smartphone-platform/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/09/owning-the-stack...