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scratt
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2007-08-27, 11:27

The fact still remains that our so called 'free market' is a sham, and this kind of contract / lock-in (whatever you want to call it) server nobody other than the companies doing it. It does not help competition. It does not help pricing. It is totally fascist. It does not even offset R&D. It's purely about control, greed, and more profits.

When companies behave this way, as Banana rightly points out; without even offering an incentive such as subsidizing the hardware partially in return for loyalty then I think all bets are off, and more power to 'hackers'.

I am not saying they should necessarily sell what they do. I think that was a dumb move on their part.. But hack it, and break the monopoly is nothing other than a good thing. Period.

I want to spend my hard earned money on the products I want without any strings attached which benefit fat cats.

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