III. They were able to *hoard* the twiddling, using laws like the #DMCA, #CFAA, #Noncompetes, #TradeSecrecy, and other "#IP" laws to control the conduct of their competitors, critics and customers:

https://locusmag.com/2020/09/cory-doctorow-ip/

That last point is important: it's not just that big corporations twiddle us to death - it's that they have made it illegal for us to twiddle back. Adblock is possible on the web, but to ad-block your #Iphone, you must first jailbreak it, which is a crime.

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