Thanks for the awesome insight! One note: > That's the downside of "right to repair" - the hardware is repairable, but clunky I'd say there is no downside; c

Thanks for the awesome insight! One note: > That's the downside of "right to repair" - the hardware is repairable, but clunky I'd say there is no downside; cause and effect are swapped here. It's that clunky, expensive hardware better be repairable, because the user would rather retain a technician than send the machine in for maintenance (at the cost of time and money). Things that are easily repairable don't have to be clunky or unreliable. Between my bicycles and synthesizers (and music hardware in general), I have dozens of pieces of functional machinery that has lasted decades, and will last for decades to come. That with little maintenance required, and with maintenance being outright pleasant.