<i>Of course it also allows real DRM</i><p>I think thats&#x27;s the scariest part. 16 years ago people strongly oppposed the processor serial number in the P3( <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10106870" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10106870</a> ), something that seems almost harmless compared to what (anti-user) &quot;security&quot; features are in today&#x27;s hardware. It&#x27;s not only DRM, but no doubt other ways of taking control away from the user will be found for it.<p>With performance not being all that much better, I&#x27;m personally going to stay on older, &quot;more free&quot; hardware for a while.