That goes both ways though. GM/Ford/Tesla aren’t allowed to sell Bob a “less safe” version of their cars to undercut their competition. I suspect the long term

That goes both ways though. GM/Ford/Tesla aren’t allowed to sell Bob a “less safe” version of their cars to undercut their competition. I suspect the long term answer here might look a lot like the auto industry. You won’t be allowed to sell network-connecting devices that don’t meet certain minimum security standards. Manufacturers will need to commit to a minimum security update period (like car manufactures need to commit to spare parts availability - for at least 10 years after the sale here in .au), and purchasers will will be required to accept responsibility for device’s operation, some of which will be mitigateable by insuring against it, but irresponsible use will not be covered by insurance and become the owner’s responsibility. (Admin while Under Influence? Speed limits on pushing patches?) I don’t see a clear path to that kind of regulatory control over $15 devices sourced directly out of China by every vanishing retailers/manufactures though, and there’s a whole raft of genuinely useful use cases for inexpensive net connected hardware that’d be impossible or illegal if the expense of the sort of regulatory burden place of car drivers was imposed on people with smart powerpoints or dash cams...