> I don't want a few irrationally paranoid people bottlenecking progress and access to the latest technology and innovation.

Paranoid? Is there not enough evidence posted almost daily on HN that tech companies are constantly spying on their users through computers, Internet-of-Shit devices, phones, cars and even washing machines? You might not care about the brainwave data specifically, but there is bound to be information on your devices that you expect remains private.

Things have become so bad that I now refuse to use computers that don't run a DIY Linux distro like Arch that allows users to decide what goes into their system. My phone runs GrapheneOS because Google and Apple can't be trusted. I self host email and other "cloud" services for the same reason.

Explain how sending EEG recordings is progress. And why faster access to the latest tech is always good, for everyone.

otoh: the non regulated should cost more.

It’s kinda like “qualified investors” - you want to make sure people who are wiling to do something extremely stupid can afford it and acknowledge their stupidity.

We don’t need regulation to protect those that can afford to buy protection: we need it for those who can’t.

Very few options available, if any, if you actually do that. The IoT market is unfortunately small and dominated by vendors that don’t want at all an open ecosystem. That would hinder their ability to force you to pay for a subscription which is where all the money is.

Yes, that’s right, don’t buy any new car, any phone, any television. Hell don’t buy any x86 laptop or desktop computer, since you can’t disable out replace Intel ME/etc.