true, however the current trend is to lock down the parts and prevent companies from making replacement parts via the use of DRM, serialization, and other contr

true, however the current trend is to lock down the parts and prevent companies from making replacement parts via the use of DRM, serialization, and other controls that have nothing to do with security, usability, or anything other than preventing repair Hell even Paper has DRM now, see the Latest Dymo label printers