Please vote for this petition if you care about interoperability in 3d printing. And you should.
https://www.publicknowledge.org/documents/petition-for-a-proposed-exemption-under-17-usc-1201-3d-printing
Isn’t more effective to not buy printers which incorporate such technology? And don’t buy stock that comes packaged this way.
@Matt_Perez It may be difficult to tell before you buy, especially if you don’t consider something that silly to be possible.
@Dat_Chu When and where does the actual voting happen?
I saw this in adafruit site. Not sure when the voting happens. 
This has been done for other industries in the past. Most common analogy would be 2d ink cartridges