The problem with this analogy is that it presupposes that there actually are "repair shops" somewhere that could do whatever you need done. For a DAW, that jus

The problem with this analogy is that it presupposes that there actually are "repair shops" somewhere that could do whatever you need done. For a DAW, that just turns out not to be very realistic. It's bit like owning some highly exotic, super-sophisticated vehicle without the hood welded shut: sure, in theory anyone could modify it/fix it for you, but in reality only the folks that made it understand it well enough to do so.