The difference is you said it was cut and dried, and that modifying the OS to circumvent the DRM could cause problems... It wouldn't be the circumvention that causes the problem, it's what's run afterwards that could potentially be the problem, so it isn't cut and dried, it's dependent on what software is run.
Laws exist to protect people as well as corporations.. the problem is that laws are doing plenty to protect companies and facilitate their control over people, but aren't doing enough for the people. So companies can write their own laws, call it an EULA, and take away your warranty or even make your purchase inoperable on a whim (since they can change their EULA on a whim, and you have to accept the new one to keep using the product).
The consumer needs to be protected, which is why there's rules for things like warranties. Yes if you abuse your product you should not get a warranty, but it has to be abuse, and like anything else it should be innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around which is what this is.
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