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That's what I call a great prophet-Sci-Fi author... 🙂 That is our future, or maybe better said, our present... Is it your house if you have a mortgage? Is it your car if you are leasing?
Yeah... But even if you pay with your hard-earned money you get things which will last just until the end of warranty. I remember my grandma's appliances, from communist times, these lasted for 20-30years. I absolutely have no nostalgia here, but techically it's feasable.
Your concern is a valid one here, basically you voiced mine in your own words, that's exactly why there is needed some substance behind HBD in the long run. Right now this is just a tiny ammount, but we cannot be shortsighted here. Fullfiling real human needs is one way to protect against speculators.
We can agree to disagree here, but in my optics system was pretty much broken without DVs and with depegged SBD. At some point it's not fixing anymore but building on the top, but it must be proceeded carefully.