Nobody prevented me from having Illumina sequence my genome (they gave me a hard drive with all the files along with medical interpretation).<p>The difference is that Illumina did things legally (including hiring clinical genetics analysts who pored over the details and made a number of calls about what was significant).<p>23&amp;Me did not.  They were doing something that they would have known was illegal. The FDA explained this to them, and 23&amp;Me <i>blew them off</i>.  Failing to respond to an accusation from the government is an amateur move and 23&amp;Me deserved what they got.  They only went back and negotiated afterwards.<p>You&#x27;re complaining the government was restricting your freedoms but we have more than adequate evidence that 23&amp;Me was acting irresponsibly.