Color me shocked...

General purpose computing is under attack. That the issue has raised its head again now reflects broader issues in the world, ones aimed against the right to run software of one's choice on one's hardware platform.

The usual boogymen are trotted out to justify this -- if one can run one's own OS and one's own preferred programs under it, why the terrorists, child pornographers, and drug lords win. Only a criminal or maladjusted type (clearly a future criminal in their thoughtcrime) would be conspiracy mongering against the great corporations and governments in their control of our computing platforms.