Often because there is little practical choice. For example, Dell seems to have done the same type of thing after the Superfish incident: https://www.eff.org/

Often because there is little practical choice. For example, Dell seems to have done the same type of thing after the Superfish incident: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/superfish-20-now-dell-breaking-https https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/superfish-20-now-dell-... Personally, I try to avoid Dell because they set up their laptops such that the display doesn't work if the backup battery is dead, a move that seems entirely designed to make customers think that something more serious is wrong. Relatedly, they make the battery hard to reach (or at least made in two previous models I've seen). The trick is finding companies that are minimally decent.