[sametmax]

I don't believe that, because it involves people selling those device to be very smart, good planers, and organized, which is not something I noticed.

I think it's just phenomenan emerging from basic human behavior: greed, lazyness, confort seeking, system automation, ingenuity, etc.

[TeMPOraL]

The problem is, what I described doesn't require coordination! It's in the best short-term interest of each company involved to glue you to their product. Therefore, it's the default outcome. Coordination is required to achieve something else.