It doesn't help that the ISPs are run by media companies, who put the content on the Internet...

That's why the policing is even happening in the first place.

As much as I agree, I don't think our legislators are knowledgable enough to be able to handle the issue, and majority of the users don't care enough to push for something like this. This isn't like USB-C vs Lightning where users are sick of buying cables and chargers, so the issue is much more visible.

Canon is Japanese too, can't say the same about their fairly recent practices...