all in all a great (if not disgusting) business strategy, showing the power of leveraging the state to succeed in a so called "free market": - get powerful, vo

all in all a great (if not disgusting) business strategy, showing the power of leveraging the state to succeed in a so called "free market": - get powerful, vocal .gov entity involved in your product as easily/thoroughly as possible while you perform typical statup "disruption" activities - when any issues with regulation, rights violations etc. come up, immediately "shell out" to your .gov spokeperson who sings your praises and how we cannot touch this entity ("helped catch all these bad guys", "used in xx criminal cases that led to convictions", "would you really want to let someone in your home /without/ one of these?") - repeat ad nauseum as frustrated citizens complain - "we would LOVE to comply, but... it's no longer just about us, you'd be hindering crime-fighting! so we can't do it" - you now have impenetrable air cover as any random .gov entity with power will trump citizen outrage