> US government has lesser capability to compell otherwise independent developers to do their bidding.
Are you sure about this? The US, like most countries with extensive intelligence capabilities, does not have a good track record of convincing their citizens of doing shady things [1].
Are you sure about this? The US, like most countries with extensive intelligence capabilities, does not have a good track record of convincing their citizens of doing shady things [1].
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO