(not OP) Don't think that is inconsistent.

Trusting someone doing the right thing when you purchase is different from trusting them not tampering things remotely in the future. Companies can change management, human can change their mind. The time factor is important

Hardware can be and is implemented such that it changes behavior over time too, or have undisclosed remote capabilities. There are also fun features where various fuses blow internally if you do specific things the vendor doesn't fancy.

There sure is a difference in threat model, but I don't think the person I was replying to appreciates that, which is kind of what triggered my reply.