Correction: They have only shown this, in the specific circumstance where one can patch both the operating system and the chip silicon and can compel ecosystem users to recompile using a patched compiler. There is no proof that this is viable with a subset of those components, and two of them are not currently taken for granted as normal.
it already kinda isn't... but this will be a Telescreen in your pocket. it really already is; but at least for now it's possible to use android and force it open.... but not for long.
next up: government license to open web browser dev tools... but by then it won't matter cuz it'll be 100% web assembly i.e. binary, the actual web 2.0.