> You might have purchased a particular device, but you generally don't have the rights to the software or firmware that runs it. True, I don't have a right to

> You might have purchased a particular device, but you generally don't have the rights to the software or firmware that runs it. True, I don't have a right to see their source code. But decent laws shouldn't prevent me from reverse-engineering the code (DMCA is not a decent law). Moreover, access to code is orthogonal to control over devices one owns. If I own a device, I should be the one who has ultimate control over it.