Fair enough.
A spine isn't necessary for that, just greed and self-interest. Leaks will happen whenever the slimy weasels Trump surrounds himself with think they'll benefit from them or are too incompetent to prevent them.
The problem is that a fascist regime will always be in a state of damage control, and that control will become more and more violent to the population.
I really don't think they will.
I'm not sure how to put this, but... Fascists are always really, really, really bad at everything. Like sure, they can sometimes make the trains run on time out of sheer terror on the part of the rail staff, but actual, legitimate competence? That's anathema to these people, especially the bloated sack of festering anuses at the top. Leaks - deeply, incomprehensibly stupid leaks like this one - will continue.
Excellent breakdown. Well done!
And on top of all that, the article is specifically about Microsoft urging people to get rid of old hardware, which I take to mean NOT current-gen, bleeding-edge gaming hardware. So my suggestion was about not being forced to upgrade your hardware to keep having a usable computer.
This is going to keep happening. The brain drain is real.