I was made aware that these exemptions are for people that would need the devices in flight. If you're just taking it with you (to use while you sleep, for instance), then it is, indeed, baggage. If you didn't require it in flight you should have checked it, or checked one of your bags that didn't have your "necessary" equipment in it. Just because you don't personally agree with a policy doesn't mean it's wrong. Too many people look for loopholes to exploit situations to their own liking with no regard to that decisions impact on the other passengers; like the people who try to bring on carryon's that are obviously too large to fit into the baggage rack instead of just checking that bag. Like, seriously? C'mon...
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