The new young want a kind of controlled freedom.

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Smartphones do provide a lot of freedom, but they are still controlled by phone companies, and in some cases (notably Apple's) also by the manufacturer.

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Although universities have been given limited freedom to set their own fees, they remain tightly controlled by Canberra bureaucrats: the number of places they may offer in every discipline is set centrally.

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