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Kinda. I think we agree on the need to protect researchers. And if researchers are aligned with consumers rather than manufacturers then that's preferable because it's not the manufacturer's property once it leaves the building.

If protection is in place, that alignment will work because manufacturers' declining to be scrutinised won't prevent researches from doing their job. But making protection conditional on manufacturer approval will suppress their work in those cases. And I don't know the practicality of establishing and enforcing this. So I oppose any conditionality generally.