I don't know, where you live, but in most of the world, certification/signing/encryption of RF-capable Devices/Firmware has been established rule for decades, with a few exceptions for dev-boards. TPM, ME, SB, the_recent_grub_fixes,etc are all steps putting in place a pervasive infrastructure, that will enable truly draconian control over our computing devices for the key-holders.

And I have not reason not to believe, that somebody somewhere is waiting for a pre-text to implement full vertical stack control in law for his (region/country/domain). Perhaps "so that we can ensure, that the contact-tracing app gets installed everywhere, otherwise we'll all die!!11!". Or protecting us from Terrorism; that usually does the trick. This argument also works surprisingly well to argue against backdoor-less encryption protocols. See e.g. Australia (iirc)

Do you not perceive a similar evolution?

Note, TP,SB,ME could in theory be used to build "secure" systems, but currently they are (also) used to secure the PC against you, the buyer/user.