[cat199]

What 'embargo'?

An embargo is state imposed. Not corporation imposed.

[teraflop]

The usage of "embargo" to mean a generic, non-governmental impediment or prohibition is at least 200 years old.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embargo

[cat199]

but if you don't agree to it, it has no force, and therefore is no embargo..