>Until people start thinking that "it's better to just let the big companies lock down hardware, then everything will just work!"
Do a large number of people not already think this? I'm pretty sure that's why Chromebooks and iPads are appealing to many people.
Convenience is worth the sacrifice of freedom if you were never going to use the freedom anyways. It's not even a sacrifice if that's the case.
If someone offers to pay my rent on the condition that I never climb Mt. Everest, I am technically sacrificing freedom for convenience but I'm still going to do it because I wasn't going to climb Mt. Everest anyways.
Do a large number of people not already think this? I'm pretty sure that's why Chromebooks and iPads are appealing to many people.
Convenience is worth the sacrifice of freedom if you were never going to use the freedom anyways. It's not even a sacrifice if that's the case.
If someone offers to pay my rent on the condition that I never climb Mt. Everest, I am technically sacrificing freedom for convenience but I'm still going to do it because I wasn't going to climb Mt. Everest anyways.