> US government has lesser capability to compell otherwise independent developers to do their bidding. Are you sure about this? The US, like most countries wit

> US government has lesser capability to compell otherwise independent developers to do their bidding. Are you sure about this? The US, like most countries with extensive intelligence capabilities, does not have a good track record of convincing their citizens of doing shady things [1]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO