The more variables any one product as, the less 'choice by wallet' works. Choosing between a battery-farm chicken and a free-range chicken has one variable - t

The more variables any one product as, the less 'choice by wallet' works. Choosing between a battery-farm chicken and a free-range chicken has one variable - the provenance. But then let's say you like KFC for their 'secret' spice blend. But KFC don't care for offering free-range chicken. If you want that spicy chicken: you can sacrifice your preference for free-range chicken, get spicy chicken from somewhere else (not what you wanted), or go without. Smart devices have many more variables. So the likelihood of something you want not being there is much greater. And once a feature has been removed from such products, it partly becomes self-fulfilling.