No, you just didn't understand GPs point, i.e. that an image provenance/authentication system (such as Apple Reference Image) can eventually become a load-beari

No, you just didn't understand GPs point, i.e. that an image provenance/authentication system (such as Apple Reference Image) can eventually become a load-bearing and by extension anticompetitive component in a larger authentication/identity verification scheme. > a nation-state can't really do anything here unless they acquire alien technology. Alien technology such as NSLs or supply chain attacks against Apple?