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by mrsssnake 243 days ago
> in the name of preserving the rights and capabilities of the tiny base of power users

These are the rights of all the users. Take that perspective.

Remotely pushing a code to billions of devices to lock their baisc function (running code user loads) unless the device owner pay and provide sensitive info is a full-scale global malware attack by itself.