If I was more paranoid, I'd start thinking the ban is to make it easier to spy on us by limiting our choices to a few domestic vendors who can be coerced by regulatory capture and "for the kids" political rhetoric.

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john_strinlai 3 hours ago | parent [-]

that makes sense, but i suspect it is more likely to be a bribery scheme. ("why not both!" someone yells)

	▲	drivingmenuts 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Sooner or later, some idiot lawmaker/opportunist is going to insist on 1) age checks to connect to a router and 2) content filters for routers, both of which can be used to score cheap political points.