The downside would be that much fewer people would be able to afford it in the first place. Cheap personal computers are a very powerful force for good, this is

The downside would be that much fewer people would be able to afford it in the first place. Cheap personal computers are a very powerful force for good, this is a very unpalatable but reasonable compromise. Taking the other side of the compromise is of course also reasonable, but pretending it's somehow a free lunch is not realistic.