> If I make a product and I don't specifically help you do certain things with it, is that authoritarian?

If were referring to products necessary to function in society, YES! Obviously yes, a big exclaiming yes, yes with no room for debate.

A car, but you can't drive anywhere but to work. Electricity, but you can't use it to listen to radio that criticizes our dear leader. A TV, but you can't use it to watch anything other than military parades.

A phone, but you can only use it to perform government approved actions on government approved software.