> Because it's been possible to curtail the use of non-software technology.

Curtail but not stop.

There’s an opioid epidemic going on, gun violence is a thing, cigarettes still keep killing people and drones are becoming quite efficient killers in their own right.

People still cheat on their taxes, drive drunk, pirate movies &etc. I could go on for days.

Oh, and the whole “illegal number” thing, how’d that work out?