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>Its not about "their own computer". Its about consumer "devices", including ones where control should not be given to the consumer for whatever reason. e.g. electric cars or medical devices.

Why should the owners of these devices not be allowed to control them? What makes them special?

>Think of what would happen if anyone was allowed to run their own AutoPilot software on public roads.

Sure, there are plenty of ways to modify the software in a car in reckless ways that endanger those around you. But it's possible to do a lot of things that endanger those around you: you can drink and drive, drive while tired, install headlights that blind other drivers, etc. We have laws to discourage that, and they probably need updating for our modern world of software-driven cars, but at a certain point we rely on the social norm of not recklessly endangering yourself and others. (And if nothing else, the owner of the car is liable if the modifications make it unsafe.)

This is not to say I think people should be able to do whatever they want on public roads; they're not yours after all, there are plenty of restrictions you have to abide by to use them, and I wouldn't mind having a software review requirement. But the car is yours: you bought it, you should be able to do whatever the heck you want with it otherwise.