It's so infuriating that the lawmakers just don't get it. If I buy a console, I should be free to root it and run Linux or whatever. There are already laws against piracy, we don't need to throw freedom out to stop it.
If you think about it, the traditional PC is one of the - and it's sad to say so - few devices where the hardware really is yours (one could argue that firmware is locked down etc, but i guess everybody knows what i mean).
There are not so many devices left that you can:
-) install custom software on
-) root without great efforts
Game consoles, Tablets, ebook Readers, and Smartphones (no matter if it's legal - still great effort to jailbreak it) - you are locked in everywhere...
Sad future ahead
Now I can - and this is improving.
It's you who doesn't get it. Despite the whole election facade, the government is not working for you or your benefit. It's working for the benefit of a very small minority, that cares not about your freedom, and believes that they are served by enforceable DRM.