Joel Spolsky on price segmentation, back in 2004:

> And God help you if an A-list blogger finds out that your premium printer is identical to the cheap printer, with the speed inhibitor turned off.

As it turns out, you don't need divine help if every manufacturer has the consumer already conditioned to accept abuse in the form of EULAs, subscriptions, and microtransactions from all directions...

[1]: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2004/12/15/camels-and-rubber-...