Exactly, it was out of scope. You cannot in one go have a full-blown scope. It won't work.

This is a sensationalist headline (CBA to RTFA). It isn't a case of all or nothing, it is about becoming less dependent. A country like China follows the same industry, and besides, in a globalist economy like ours we are dependant on each other. So, for example, a lot of hardware components come from China, and assembly happens there as well. That counts for EU (DE, FR, ...), US, CA, RU, UA, CN, IN, etc. But as the talk on 39c3 has shown [1]: we can DIY.

[1] https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-in-house-electronics-manufacturi...