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I was just thinking that I'm sure Google will lobby the US government to get this model enforced as law, making it illegal for anyone to create workarounds, or alternative browsers. And the US legislative government being what it is, will hand Google whatever legislation it wants to turn their nightmare into a reality.
It is imperative to make as many people as possible aware
Since this is something that can be used as a DRM solution, hacking it might be already illegal under the DMCA. IANAL though.
What legitimacy does the U.S. government even have anymore in light of not only this, but everything that they've done in the 21st century? Why do we keep listening to them? Why don't we build our own networks and design our own chips?
because that would cost a rather large amount of money, which us working-class peasants famously don't have
The Constitution of the United States of America, the Bill of Rights, and the Supreme Court.
Democracy, loyalty, nationalism, trillions of dollars, global power, the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, National Guard, FBI, CIA, local and federal police, the largest surveillance network in the world, thousands of prisons, and a million other reasons.