Frankly, I am learning how to build more things. Probably will need to.
They do hold the keys. That is the unacceptable part.
Exactly. The issue isn't the TPM itself, such a device could even empower us. The issue is who holds the keys. Those with the keys own the machine.
I started discussion about that in this thread:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28978028
Frankly, I am learning how to build more things. Probably will need to.