Re: The future crippled - today
This is a very astute comment.
Software developed by hardware firms is diabolical - I'm thinking of anything ever made by Sony, any "connected device", all early pre-apple, pre-android phones, or - yes - Samsung's smart TVs, which have been unsmarted in this households they probably have been in yours.
Apple are the only firm that does both well. But I think it's fair to say that with that one exception, software remains an afterthought to hardware manufacturers, and it shows.
(I expect the reverse would also be true, but as I've never purchased a MS tablet or Google whatever, I can't really say)