The person you're responding to probably means that bad actors will cause the device to become illegal to buy or use in certain areas as a result of being associated with illegal or harmful behavior.
It’s already banned in Brazil, for instance
It is true, tools will be misused, banning already happened to knifes and scissors in narrow or broader context for example. Will see how this one will be regulated, if will be at all. If they are smart - usually not, but at least less smart than paranoid - then it will not be a blanket rule, actually cannot be without unplugging all computation and wireless devices.