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It could be a part of the push for right to repair. Farmers have pushed similar interface needs for maintaining advanced farming equipment. This seems very similar.

>>dv_dt+(OP)
Interoperability IS right-to-repair for software.

Should Sony decide what you do with your TV? No.

Should Haier decide how you control your AC? NO.

Should Whatsapp decide how you interact with your own account. NO!

Interop devs are the Louis Rossman's/mom & pop repair shops of the software world.

They take whatever redundant software/service you have and enable you to use it as you see fit.

>>dv_dt+(OP)
One of my thoughts is you can have the FTC and IRS issue rules about what qualifies as first sale and doesn't. Anything that fails the company has to count as inventory with a 20 year depreciation schedule. And they're required to pay for disposal.