I've noticed posts like yours get voted down early then voted up. Anyway, I agree with you. Tech was great when folks were reverse engineering hardware to make

I've noticed posts like yours get voted down early then voted up. Anyway, I agree with you. Tech was great when folks were reverse engineering hardware to make cheaper / better copies that worked with existing software. Does it suck for the company that put all the r&d into it? Yeah. Did they make a fat load of profit off it already? Usually.