The prevailing take on HN and most other geeky sites is that measures meant to prevent users from fully using their devices - DRM, secure boot, etc - are harmful at worst and pointless at best. We usually don't get upset about iPhone or Playstation jailbreaks - we celebrate users regaining control of their devices. This is even though you can think of a malicious use or two.

What's different about this issue? That it gives us an opportunity to bash Google? And to make broad inferences about the company's supposed demise from a single anecdotal data point? Essentially every other company that attempts these kinds of controls will sooner or later find it bypassed, usually many times over...