I understand everybody's perspective.
But technological gains in cost savings have not been passed on to customers.
If you are like I am, you pay a cable bill several times above what you did, or would have fifteen years ago (adjusted for inflation.) If the actual cost would follow an average between the hardware price, and delivery schedule that companies use for calculation of the cost of their own support services (not an exact science) the bill you would be paying would be about $7 per month for basic services. No argument can be made for subscription services, because that is more dependent on licensing fees.
And, as with everything from Microsoft products to certain hardware and infrastructure devices, manufacturers have been charging us, citizens of the United States for all development. Microsoft operating systems and many application products have been free elsewhere in the world.
Why is this important? The entire cost module certain companies have used are patently false.
Taxes? There is no equivalent scale for taxes, or frame of reference for comparison, as each country applies taxes differently. But many other countries do have triple the minimum wage or guaranteed income. Here the poor are becoming poorer, and companies richer.
