[smoldesu]

You have long since missed the boat on changing that. This is how business is done: "well we can charge you 5x the market price for the RAM/SSD upgrade, so we will!"

[__MatrixMan__]

In some cases, yes. But not entirely. Open source exists to give people a way to opt out of would-be exploitation of a related kind.

Things can still get a lot worse: The fight isn't over until all roads are toll roads and you have to pay for the oxygen you consume.