My point was that when one talks about examples of hand-made, artisan tools __microchips__ are not a good example for a handcrafted tool. I don’t get why that

My point was that when one talks about examples of hand-made, artisan tools __microchips__ are not a good example for a handcrafted tool. I don’t get why that is so controversial. Microchips are definitely not what I have in mind when I talk about a “tool” at all. You say that this is a good enough example to completely refute the OPs point which I disagree with.