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by anonym29 1226 days ago
>Intel and AMD have the right to shove their spyware into their silicon

Correct.

>just as Microsoft has the right to shove theirs into their OS

Correct.

>You have the right to decline to buy it.

Ding ding ding!

>Your rights end there, given that nothing they are doing is actually illegal.

Correct. I am making a market demand with my money, not a legal order for these companies to stop producing untrustworthy hardware and snoopy software.