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Is my phone a business, or hardware that I own? That seems to be in contention here.

> Is my phone a business, or hardware that I own? That seems to be in contention here.

It's not in contention: it's both of those things. It's just that some people want it to be exclusively one of those things.

Why should the business value of my smartphone impede it's functionality as a computer?