That was for show. And not to fix the underlying problems. If he cared, he would actually find and fix the problems.

Ordinary people know what Linux is, they just don’t care about. So the effect is the pretty much the same, but for different reasons.

I don’t think Musk much cares or ever did. The goal was to milk tesla for every last dime.

I spent a mere $500 for my Pixel 9a. Most expensive phone I’ve ever owned. But at least I can send a text message from inside my house and make phones from out in my yard now.

It’s getting harder and harder to afford high end computers. I have already decided my next new computer will be a mini desktop. They are noticeably cheaper, can be well spec’ed, and powerful with a small foot print.

Now if I could only afford a Framework…

That’s mostly because the cost of a TV was far greater than it is today. So it took a lot more money to buy a larger TV. TVs today are dirt cheap compared to 50 years ago.