At this point I would expect that there were open source cars, laptops, televisions, etc. But as far as I know there are only open source mobile phones. Why is that?
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Because money? Currently it’s not a small feat to achieve and people/companies want to be compensated and make profit off of it.
Open source hardware projects rely heavily on grants and donations for which most people are hesitant.