Because 'you must buy a product from one of 10 companies that frequently collude in order to participate in society because we systematically dismantled all oth

Because 'you must buy a product from one of 10 companies that frequently collude in order to participate in society because we systematically dismantled all other options for transport' is not a free transaction> Second reason: even if it were, 'free transaction' is not a measure of good. We ban carcinogens in food, lawn darts, and all sorts of other things because sometimes collective decisions for the common good are better for people than allowing society to be atomised and taken advantage of. This is the entire premise behind laws in the first place. Thirdly, if there are ongoing conditions for the use of something after it is sold, laws preventing certain modifications by the buyer, and/or secrets required for its ongoing use/editing of software that are not cha7ngeable or knowable by the buywr, then the product was not 'sold' and representing the $50k paid as anything other than rent is, in any sane society, fraud.