Indeed! And Elon Musk just gave the entire world a lesson in not trusting someone else's technology, by shutting down Ukraine's Starlink/Starshield used to defend against Russian jet-powered drones, cutting down the speed to near-stationary, and for no evident reason, blaming the President, and then it turns out it was likely a ploy to "upgrade their subscription". [0]
No matter what the reason or the situation, shutting off your access to the technology is their option and it will likely happen at the moment it is a greatest problem to you.
This goes so far beyond "Not your keys, not your coin", it is "Not your stack, not your sovereignty".
Obviously in this case, there is are truly solid rational and moral reasons to shut down those USDT transfers: to cut off the theft which is funding NK's aggressive nuclear weapons program. But that changes nothing about the structure of everyone's vulnerability in using technologies controlled by others such as USDT.
No matter what the reason or the situation, shutting off your access to the technology is their option and it will likely happen at the moment it is a greatest problem to you.
This goes so far beyond "Not your keys, not your coin", it is "Not your stack, not your sovereignty".
Obviously in this case, there is are truly solid rational and moral reasons to shut down those USDT transfers: to cut off the theft which is funding NK's aggressive nuclear weapons program. But that changes nothing about the structure of everyone's vulnerability in using technologies controlled by others such as USDT.
[0] https://newrepublic.com/post/217349/elon-musk-cut-off-ukrain...