>and driving all potential profits to near-zero with zero vendor lock-in. >Hell, the VCs will run away screaming when you get the 'zero vendor lock-in' part of

>and driving all potential profits to near-zero with zero vendor lock-in. >Hell, the VCs will run away screaming when you get the 'zero vendor lock-in' part of your pitch. Well there's your problem, right there. Stop looking at yourself as a financial frigging instrument. You make effing machinery. Not hold people logistically hostage. This is why there is no trust in industry anymore. This is why the same bloody handful of people are sitting on top of everything. This is why people have about had it. Can't solve a damn problem without making half a dozen more. Make tractors. All standard parts. High quality. But no... Can't do that. Gotta try to exploit the rubes. This is why everyone feels like the damn game is fixed. The same power hungry assholes are the ones all sitting on the damn capital. Anyone wants to try to compete? Lock em out of capital access! Start organizing? Lobby!