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Yes, thanks for the reply. I was giving the author the benefit of the doubt, but their arguments just have no solid grounds. And like you said, this is about market control, not security, the latter just being a distraction.

Another thing in line with what you mentioned is the ability for the company to squash competition. Not only do they have the last word to veto programs from running, they also get a global view of what everyone is running that nobody else has. This kind of information has been abused by Amazon to drive out competition in favour of their own "Amazon essentials" products, for example.