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So? That's up to the user to decide.

• duggan 3y ago
  Sure, if the user can build their own phone. Otherwise they're competing with a lot of other people interested in what the phone should and should not do. If they own a hammer, they can do what they like with a hammer, but a phone is not a hammer. It's a complex arrangement of molecules, licenses and competing group interests.
  • convolvatron 3y ago
    there is nothing fundamental to differentiate a hammer from a phone except complexity. I'm sure if someone found a way to shove ads and place restrictions on the use of your hammer they would.
    • duggan 3y ago
      Yeah, it’s the complexity that makes the difference. There’s nothing but that to differentiate anything. You, a phone, a G class star, a comedy special on DVD. All “just” complex arrangements of matter. People make a big deal out of those differences though, go figure!
  • flangola7 3y ago
    A phone is physical tool owned by a person that fits in their hands. It's not as dissimilar from a hammer as you have tried to portray.
    • duggan 3y ago
      Wordplay. I can hold your hand in my hand, is it similar to a phone? Otherwise your line of reasoning boils down to “it exists.”