"What then?" Like everything with integrated electronics, it's junk. I agree with the article that bikes are becoming increasingly proprietary, but they are s

"What then?" Like everything with integrated electronics, it's junk. I agree with the article that bikes are becoming increasingly proprietary, but they are still a marvel of interchangeability, even despite the myriad standards and models. A also agree that the problem, ultimately, is capitalism. Do we really need 10's of thousands of different bike models released every year? I'm not advocating a communist-style one-model system, but we've surely gone beyond the point of 'adequate choice'. The incentive is to get us to buy a new bike as often as possible, and while that drives some of the innovation, it also drives the instinct to make parts proprietary, and all kinds of other stuff that is wasteful, anti-consumer, etc.