No, it is just reality. I didn't defend it, I only described it.Duh ... and WHY do think Peters mentions it then?
It's also not quite as pervasive as you might think it is, but, the potential for abuse *does* remain a live threat. Intel, TI, Motorola et al all have active legal departments whose jobs it is to see this does not become rampant ...
Remember, the post I'm responding to is this one:
If there are dollars to be made, SOMEBODY will pick up the technology and move it to profitability.
The way that phrase is written - it sounded like business at the 'shrink-wrap' - WalMart level only was being addressed ...
Are you saying we should not mention what we don't endorse? Come on. Peters mentions what is happening, to display a level of knowledge applicable to selling books. He may or may not have a side in the argument, but is that really the point? Is it not the point to understand that whether or not you like what is going on, that it IS going on, and rather than just whine about how we don't like it, that we decide to do something about it, or at the very least insulate ourselves from it's effects?