Comment by Ajedi32

This is why "do whatever the heck I want with it" ought to apply to software, not just hardware. This is one thing I think Richard Stallman got right, all the way back in 1988:

> the freedom to change a program, so that you can control it instead of it controlling you; for this, the source code must be made available to you.

We're a long way from that ideal today. Software controls us all the time. Usually that just leads to anti-consumer annoyances like lock screen ads or DLC seat heaters. But when the one controlling the software that controls you is a communist government...

Not sure what the short term practical solution to this is though.