'Hardware' probably
In markets in SE Asia, I've seen people still use older Canon models because it allows them to fill their ink cartridges and beat the cost of having to buy official ink cartridges. Those printer still work well afterwards. A business I once consulted for had a 10 years old printer that still was chugging on happily with cheap ink fills.
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Who has a monopoly? Anticompetitive behaviours are legal if you aren’t a monopoly—they’re what businesses call moats.