In A Perfect World
Now wouldn't it be great if like legos you could take apart your car and turn it into a brick making machine?
It would be great if there was a standard set of motors, gears, hose connections, and just other general mechanical compatibility between all things. It would make life so much simpler if every company didn't have their own specific way of building things. It can be done, it's was done with batteries, well at least before cell phones, camera, and laptops came around and everything went to hell. Having your own proprietary components inevitably leads to greater profits for a company because when you need something for that item you have to go back to them and pay what they charge because no one else makes it but them. The "lego" thinking means every piece can be used for a multitude of different functions and configurations. Having a standard set of blueprints labeling what component you need enables you to go out and find a part from any source to fill that need. Like a lego construction diagram people just need to know what pieces they need and how to put them together. The reason this will probably not succeed though, which is sad, is because it makes too much sense and not enough cents. Because, as we all know, cents trumps sense, always.
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