Massive gaming companies have already started using TPMs + secure boot to detect and ban players. Anyone who upgraded to Windows 11 without compatible hardware or who was/is still using Windows 10 cannot play these games. That was a few years ago when Windows 10 was still around.

It has happened and it probably will happen again. The EU is working on a wallet app that will be legally equivalent to an ID card, I imagine they'll rather have people stick to their plastic ID rather than risk accepting identity theft.