[zrobotics]

Umm, I'm pretty OK with medical suppliers not being able to sub in no-name or grey-market substitutions that may have unknown silicon bugs. Regulation isn't always bad, and being in a regulated industry had some of these problems even before the component shortage.

Sure, subbing a MCU for an unknown supplier in a kids toy isn't likely to cause any serious problems, but in anything that can hurt or kill people it's objectively a good thing that there are regulations in place to prevent safety issues.

Ive heard the same complaints about food regulations, but it's objectively a good thing that a consumer can purchase anything (that isn't expired) from a grocery store with near certainty that it won't make them I'll. That same surety can't be had in countries with more lax food standards.