It's sad but yet strangely satisfying that we are seeing a need to go back to where we started.
This is why I am not so super scared of the mod part of vaping going away. We have these threads that will show us how to build a mod, if needed.
I remember seeing glimpses of threads talking about how to make a mod out of radio shack parts. I came in after that time period and found those links through the "Remember when" threads.
We are a resourceful bunch and have no doubt that the hardware aspect (whether finding someone that is willing to help fix something or figuring out ways to make something) will continue long after all the deeming shakes out.
Remember, it is the Vapers that figured out the better way to vape. Not a big corporation, not the tobacco companies. Us (or rather you brainiacs that didn't settle with the crap that we were being offered) for whom I am eternally grateful.
To me, the nic is the Main choke point.