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They are a hardware company. By the same token, can you imagine a car company controlling the fuel you put in your car, the tires you buy, the repair shops you
by throwaway346434 3y ago
They are a hardware company.
By the same token, can you imagine a car company controlling the fuel you put in your car, the tires you buy, the repair shops you use, the radio stations you can listen to?
- culturestate 3y ago> can you imagine a car company controlling the fuel you put in your car, the tires you buy, the repair shops you use Assuming a slightly generous definition of "the fuel you put in your car," you've just described a lease.
- lostlogin 3y ago> you've just described a lease. Or the purchase of a German car.
- jfk13 3y agoOr a printer company controlling the ink you put in your printer? Unthinkable! Oh, wait...
- plagiarist 3y agoYes, and that's why printers are nearly universally reviled as exploitative. Even people who aren't keyed in on why open source is important all understand the ink costs more than it should.