Its sad state of affairs that companies are tying and locking down their hardware to specific software: You cant modify the new Xboxes or Playstations. Some A

Its sad state of affairs that companies are tying and locking down their hardware to specific software: You cant modify the new Xboxes or Playstations. Some Android phones are dependant on the manufacturers customised version of the AOSP. On Macs it is not easy to install another operating system, like you can do with a PC (although I have managed to get Ubuntu 18.10 running on my Macbook Pro 13,1) Consumers are going to be really challenged at some point and think, "hey, I have very little control over this thing I bought. Am I ok with this or am I going to start hacking?" We could see another renaissance like you had in the early 80s with hackers sharing and porting software onto the weird and wonderful computers they were building back then.... who knows?