[basilgohar]

As a principle I think it is a good idea to avoid any technically unneccessary coupling of hardware or software to something else that is not strictly user-servicing, else the priorities are inverted in favor of the vendor's priorities and not your own.

[bdangubic]

I have been in the industry for the last 25 years and have done more “technically unnecessary” things than there are grains of sand on Earth :)

[waynesonfire]

why are you smiling about that?

[docmars]

Probably sarcasm because it's likely out of their control due to product & executive demands.

[auselen]

Why are you serious about that?

[nine_k]

People casually doing things that feel slightly evil is... disconcerting.

Not going to judge anyone, but also nothing to be happy about.

[zer00eyz]

There is a point where you learn that everything is some sort of moral compromise. There is always going to be someone ahead of you and someone behind, it means someone is always going to get left out.

No system changes that, or makes it better, just different.

[nine_k]

No system indeed, only your own choices.

[CobrastanJorji]

I'm pretty sure the priorities are almost always inverted these days, unnecessary coupling or not.