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by killjoywashere 1464 days ago
> cannot force you to buy services from specific providers

But government can impose requirements, like TAA compliance (1) and SHB requirements (2) on its service vendors, forcing those vendors to purchase from a fairly constrained number of hardware providers.

https://www.dtra.mil/Portals/61/Documents/Business%20Docs/ev...

https://www.afcea.org/site/sites/default/files/files/2-ColLi...