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And a less incompetent government interested in protecting the environment, citizen's rights, and finite resources will have outlawed artificially locked computing machinery for the same reasons as single-use Lithium e-cigarettes.

Somebody had to die of cancer at the FAB to give you that CPU, only for the manufacturer to brick it with an eFuse N years after sale. All to protect an unsustainable business model, underpricing the hardware and rent-seeking on zero-cost distribution.

Oh and in both cases, whose rights does the DRM protect?



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