You're getting unfairly dismissed, so let me take some of the downvote burden. In this thread, I see implications about big media controlling microcode (which

You're getting unfairly dismissed, so let me take some of the downvote burden. In this thread, I see implications about big media controlling microcode (which doesn't seem to be impacting piracy — if anything, it's easier than ever before), about governments imminently finding backdoors and trashing an entire generation of chips, and other extreme outcomes that seem wholly out of step with reality. (Not in the "Everyone else is dumb but we few are smart" way; in the "I have not interacted with a business or government ever" way) I'm sure the 2600 crowd will have their next "Yes but what about the *Long form* birth certificate"-style goalpost shift if there are no backdoors found.