>I dont have an issue with this specific case, more the industry shift to rent seeking. Cars have subscriptions. Next your thin client hardware needs to pay rent to work.
I think that's just called "switching to a subscription model". "Rent seeking" has a different meaning.
> "Also, history tells us when companies say they wont be evil... they mean "not yet". It is a middle man power play pure and simple."
That's factually incorrect that, that always happens and I am not sure why you think we're grouped into that without any evidence or a basis of reasoning.
Also, history tells us when companies say they wont be evil... they mean "not yet". It is a middle man power play pure and simple.
The rest feels like classic SV/startup window dressing to get the job done.