Sure. The issue is that the entire industry currently relies on huge stores of cheap inventory. Turning this into just in time will be a logistics challenge and one that won’t happen quickly.

There are a couple of Silicon Valley startups working on this. The biggest issue is time. The “plastic” breaks down after about 6-8 weeks. So even though the product is about the same cost as regular plastic, it’s shelf life is much much shorter - ultimately increasing the cost if they have to throw it away before usage.

Yup. Not working with 8 on my MacBook.