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> This pretty obviously excludes access to ring 0.

How is it obvious? One could easily argue that because some hardware manufacturers make shitty drivers, opening up access will allow 3rd party developers to create better drivers, or something like that.

I’m not sure how this is beneficial to the public. Honestly, I’d argue that ring 0 access is probably more beneficial than this; see the jailbreaking exemptions we already have in place.

You can only ever judge where that is true according to whatever opinions you personally have.

I agree that you cannot easily assess if such a legislation is beneficial for the public or not. That is the case for many government decisions. It still is not a matter of personal opinions/taste, it is a matter of arguments.

So it would be your turn now to argue why this specific law is harmful for the public. (We agree that it is harmful for Apple.)