We don&#x27;t remove the possibility of open hardware either, there are options for partially or completely open smartphones (as a quick web search will attest) but the most popular products sold by Samsung, Apple, et al. are not.<p>Equally, as for free speech, there are options for completely uncensored speech (although fewer than you think, and even then if you say certain things you&#x27;d better hope they can&#x27;t be traced back to you or have an escape plan) but the most popular ways of communicating (whether online or off) are also locked down to a significant extent.<p>So it&#x27;s not actually much different for speech vs. access to devices. Feel free to argue for anarchy if that&#x27;s what you want, but let&#x27;s not pretend that smartphones represent a special and particularly nefarious restriction of important freedoms.