I remember days when my dad bought TV and it come with full data sheet and troubleshooting manual. Likewise the first car he bought came with a hefty book of repair manual, with all the parts and labour explained for a simple man.
A decade later, I started programming and I could get full handbook of my PC, every port, every register, all explained so I could hack it as much as I wanted.
Nowadays, we are in the era when things are sold sealed not even exposing a simple option to replace the battery 'for the benefit of the users'
I was watching with excitement the Good-E-reader campaign but it turned out very badly - clunky devices and no trace of the source code which was promised.
What can I say, I benefit from the Boox Max, I benefit from smart phone but I don't agree everything is fine. It's an era of b**.