- Increases the pressure of the trade war on the US.
- Motivates China's already strong technology industry to develop equivalent specification technology for all components, which it can also sell abroad.
- Removes the possibility of security compromised components from outside China and instead enables China to include its own backdoors wherever it wants.
Could also be a win for Lenovo laptop users if they improve their support for GNU/Linux, including offering it pre-installed. Which is the only option I can see open to them if they are replacing Windows.
- Increases the pressure of the trade war on the US.
- Motivates China's already strong technology industry to develop equivalent specification technology for all components, which it can also sell abroad.
- Removes the possibility of security compromised components from outside China and instead enables China to include its own backdoors wherever it wants.