If I own a computer, I should be able to run whatever damn software I want on it, including software that provides a network proxy to others. (N.B. a smart TV is a computer I own.)

Yes, yes, we should fight deceptive software that doesn't disclose it has a proxy function. Fine. But there's no way to square 1) fighting all residential proxies, including ones run with informed consent and 2) preserving the public's access to general-purpose compute at home.

I'd rather live with the proxies than for someone to tell me that if I run squid, I'm damaging national security.