[regularfry]

> Those same people intentionally paid for a seat reclining function with the intention that passengers use it.

Not quite. They paid for a seat reclining function hoping to lure punters into paying for a ticket. I'm not sure they care whether anybody can actually use the seat functions further than that.

> This is constantly framed as an issue between passengers, but it's not. It's an issue between passengers and the airline.

Absolutely this. Getting customers arguing over the details of property rights they almost certainly don't have is a truly wonderful reframe.