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Which drives a point which all of us should really want anyway.

You simply shouldn't be allowed to sell physical objects forcibly linked to network services.

i.e. vendors need to publish APIs and unlock procedures in order to participate in the market.

I feel like allowing vertical integration was our biggest flaw in antitrust law. It allows lock in ecosystems. Hardware, software, and services should not be allowed to be sold by the same company.

What about purism and system76? Some integration is great, especially when one part of that integration can’t usually be profitable in its own

I was irritated to learn Purism was launching services, and I think it's both a distraction and a conflict of interest.

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