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There is no reason for a bicycle to have a computer. It seems like a simple or innocuous idea but it leads down the path toward "bicycle as a service" and let's be honest - recurring payment models impoverish large segments of the economy.



Maybe you have got downvotes because you mean some proprietary software, not a computer per se. BTW personably I consider your comment reasonable even in that wording. Computer adds to that mechanical device nothing except of annoying.




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