Sadly I agree. Business is about optimising for local maxima — making yourself money, whether or not it makes us all poorer.
Profit and wealth are important motivators, but democratic society should balance this by looking after the global optimisation problem, even when that sometimes constrains individual or corporate profit seeking.
Interoperability, right to repair, etc. are exactly the kinds of globally beneficial, [possibly] locally detrimental balance we should be pushing for.
Profit and wealth are important motivators, but democratic society should balance this by looking after the global optimisation problem, even when that sometimes constrains individual or corporate profit seeking.
Interoperability, right to repair, etc. are exactly the kinds of globally beneficial, [possibly] locally detrimental balance we should be pushing for.