Comment by upsidesinclude

Yeah, but in practice... the iPhone/Apple represents an example par excellence: Planned obsolescence, dated features, software deprecation, false narrative (e.g. privacy). The plan is to always provide that fulfillment until it is time for you to renew your subscription. Then the fulfillment reward is attached to a new product and the consumer must acquiesce. Consumerism is this forest. Stepping any deeper into the waters, keep this outdoorsy pun rolling, is an arbitrary excersize. "What does it mean to 'be'?" Abstraction does not undo the real harm caused by corporations.