Science & Tech Quote by Jonathan Potter

A small sentence with the compressed fury of a consumer who’s learned the rules are rigged. "Just let me" frames the request as permission, not choice, implying that someone - platform owners, subscription gatekeepers, app stores, device ecosystems - is actively in the way. It’s not a manifesto for innovation; it’s a plea to stop being managed.

The key phrase is "the technology I want". Not "the best" or "the newest" but the one that fits a person’s habits, accessibility needs, workflow, or values. That emphasis signals a psychological reality: people bond with tools. Devices become extensions of identity and competence; when they’re deprecated, locked, or made incompatible, it can feel less like an upgrade and more like a forced personality swap. The line smuggles in autonomy as the real demand.

"At a fair price" sounds reasonable because it’s intentionally vague - fair to whom, relative to what? That vagueness is the point. Modern tech pricing is engineered to blur the actual cost: bundles, tiers, subscriptions, "limited time" discounts, paywalls disguised as "pro" features. "Fair" becomes shorthand for transparent, legible, non-exploitative. It’s an objection to behavioral design that treats attention and dependency as revenue streams.

As a psychologist, Potter is likely attuned to the stress of learned helplessness: repeated encounters with opaque systems train users to stop trying to understand and just comply. This line pushes back against that drift, asking for a basic dignity in the marketplace - the right to choose without being cornered.