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It's just one example. Use a different one if you want.

People tend to trust them more because they belong to them, not Microsoft, or Hollywood, or the board manufacturer.

In what manner specifically does a TPM not belong to the user, while a YubiKey does?

Yubikey gets paid by people who want to do security things. Board manufacturers get paid, indirectly, by Microsoft allowing their boards to run Windows. The incentives are different.

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