My favourite example is Concorde, which remained profitable throughout its service life but was cancelled because bigger profits can be made with slower planes.

Patents expire after 10 years so technology being locked away isn’t the biggest concern. The bigger problem is the dismantling of supply chains and loss of skills and experience when the workforce moves on.

Some of us live overseas and need to make official calls to government agencies and companies from time to time.

I like how the article presents this as some super secret conspiracy when Mitt Romney and others made public statements openly admitting to this.