You are on point. There is no open internet without computing freedom.
Computers used to be empowering. Cryptography used to be empowering. Then these corporations started using both against us. They own the computers now. Hardware cryptography ensures the computers only run their software now, software that does their the corporation's bidding and enforces their controls. And if we somehow gain control of the computer we are denied every service and essentially ostracized. I don't think it will be long before we are banned from the internet proper for using "unauthorized" devices.
It's an incredibly depressing state of affairs. Everything the word "hacker" ever stood for is pretty much dying. It feels like there's no way out.
Computers used to be empowering. Cryptography used to be empowering. Then these corporations started using both against us. They own the computers now. Hardware cryptography ensures the computers only run their software now, software that does their the corporation's bidding and enforces their controls. And if we somehow gain control of the computer we are denied every service and essentially ostracized. I don't think it will be long before we are banned from the internet proper for using "unauthorized" devices.
It's an incredibly depressing state of affairs. Everything the word "hacker" ever stood for is pretty much dying. It feels like there's no way out.