While I think most of us agree with the spirit of your argument, we may have different impressions about the degree to which market forces _are even allowed to

While I think most of us agree with the spirit of your argument, we may have different impressions about the degree to which market forces _are even allowed to operate_ in this environment. Consider the combination of: * winner-picking trade policies * regulatory capture * establishment-protecting intellectual property regimes * enormous state interplay with TSMC and Qualcomm (both economic and regulatory, both publicly known and classified) Taken together, this configuration amounts to an insurmountable subsidy of the status quo, such that there are no serious opportunities to explore market appetite for an ecosystem which is more empowering to the user.