I thought anyone that bought and used a product was considered a consumer of it. I probably spend more money on tech than the average user. Shouldn't make me part of some core sub-demographic? I used to build computers. I design and program embedded systems. I'm constantly purchasing/using all sorts of tech both at work and at home.
Cars are used in many different ways. Some people use them to get to work. Some people work on them themselves, soup them up, restore them, etc. GM doesn't seem to have a problem catering to all of these crowds simultaneously.
Just seems like handwaving to explain why I shouldn't be alarmed at the trend of taking our ability to use and control our computers away from us.
Is this just Apple apologism, or do you think it's ok when companies generally take away our ability to own and repair the products we purchase?
> It was the most anti-consumer piece of electronics
You're a hobbyist, not a consumer. Consumers don't want to stick a cable into the serial port and do arbitrary stuff. Consumers buy gadgets from businesses supporting them, so that explains the financial paper work.
When people here babble about "anti-consumer", what they really mean is "anti-hobbyists".