Companies use software limitations to screw customers over more and more often, kill competition

What began with printers and spread to phones is coming to everything: this kind of technology has proliferated to smart thermostats (no apps that let you turn your AC cooler when the power company dials it up a couple degrees), tractors (no buying your parts from third-party companies), cars (no taking your GM to an Read more about Companies use software limitations to screw customers over more and more often, kill competition[…]