Comment by justinrubek
1 day ago
I'm having trouble viewing this as a serious continuation of discussion.
If the razor company wanted me to only use their razor blades and went to the effort of installing an electronic verification system to ensure that I don't slot other razors in (despite them fitting) then it would be a much more apt comparison.
Who gave us the right? We're the humans here, not the corporations. We don't need to be given the right. Who gave them the right to "sell" us a device that they control to this level? We did. We can take it away, too, particularly when it causes more harm than benefit.
The comparison is more like, if you buy Gillette Fusion handle you need to buy Fusion blades not Mach3 blades and certainly not generic/universal blades unless you plan on not using the handle or jailbreaking it by duct taping it on to the handle somehow.
If you don't like that setup, then you are probably better off getting a safety razor that uses what ever generic standard blade you wish to throw at it -- but you won't be getting reliability of buying into the proprietary Gillette system.
Ok but not do one where there are only two razor manufacturers you can use.
The comparison was with 2 razors. Proprietary Razor System and generic other razor systems that you are free to install questionable blades into as you see fit.
As far as phones, there are more than 2 manufacturers, and more than 2 operation systems and ecosystems.