No really.... more so when some giant multinational that is bribing (lobbying is just legalized bribes, lets use the real word for it) the politicians start to loose money. Then an exception will be made for them, and they will continue. What they really want is for Cloudflare and others to give in and police it for them.

I sure hope connected health device makers include some generous tolerance for network outages.

you think that a few deaths would stop this? optimistic...

What kind of health devices require reliable internet connection to prevent death?