I personally quite enjoy many of the things that the industrial revolution has brought us, such as cheap and ubiquitous electricity, food safety, the internet and even cheap countertop dishwashing machines. Detergent DRM is a bit much though.
The kicker here is that the "industrial revolution" (aka, not living hand to mouth and dying in the wilderness) also provides a way to avoid things like dishwasher DRM. Now this guy has a product that solves the problem: https://www.tindie.com/products/dekuNukem/bob-rewinder-renew...
The real problem here isn't the availability of technology as much as broken laws which prevent us from modifying the things we own to best suit our needs.
I don't have much issue with selling convenience. Most people I know will happily pay multiples of an optimal price for small convenience (most people I know will buy bottled water). As long as the law doesn't interfere with people who want to add their own caustics and detergent this way, then what's the actual issue?
