So you are saying the government can block my access to Bitcoin I have on Ledger? Did I understand you correctly?
No. Read my last reply.
So what is the point of trusting Ledger?
You don't need to trust ledger to not
block you out of your coins.
They don't have any access to your coins. That's what a hardware wallet is made for.
Is there a safe way to store where noone can do anything my crypto or prevent me from accessing it ?
Yes.
Any kind of wallet where you hold the keys.
So, basically.. any hardware wallet, cold wallet storage, paper wallet, software wallet or mobile wallet.
So you say I need to trust them not to block me out, so then while they can't access my crypto they can block me out from using it and same goes for other wallets? So let's say the government decides that they want to outlaw BTc then they can just prevent us from acess to it through these companies as a collective or individually? So my power still lies in having to trust that Ledger or other wallet providers and not directly in the blockchain?