Think about it like your old style steel frame 1-3 speed or 10 speed bicycle (pre big box versions). If every part is standardized to the point of commodificat

Think about it like your old style steel frame 1-3 speed or 10 speed bicycle (pre big box versions). If every part is standardized to the point of commodification (competing exclusively on price and quality) and it's assembled by a local store whose asset is their reputation, then it becomes hard to defect on any given part because it will just get swapped out. Similarly if our open source blender is made of 'electric motor' and 'belt' and 'brass gears' and it will be repaired rather than causing a repeat customer when it breaks, then the nash equilibrium becomes producing an okay product for a decent price, not a mostly-good one for the same price which will break.