You are right and it's probably as "bad" as you make it sound, but we've come a long way. One tiny step at a time. Maybe one day full open hardware will make it

You are right and it's probably as "bad" as you make it sound, but we've come a long way. One tiny step at a time. Maybe one day full open hardware will make it to the mainstream. Let's just dream a bit (and work on it) Edit: I am aware tho, that there will always be some vendor who just copy pastes the open hardware and sells it for cheaper, because they don't have that much R&D cost. And restricting that on whatever level (government, etc) sounds even worse.