> Why do you think x86 is a more open platform than ARM? It's measurable. Whether in total number of computers sold with an unlocked bootloader on that platfo

> Why do you think x86 is a more open platform than ARM? It's measurable. Whether in total number of computers sold with an unlocked bootloader on that platform, or percentage of computers with unlocked bootloaders on that platform. Or, if not in terms of devices, measure in terms of drivers. The number of board types with working open source drivers (or, lacking that, at least open specifications on the hardware) is much higher on x86. And the, finally, look at Apple hardware specifically. They started x86 with a completely open platform (w/ Windows drivers shipped), and have slowly been addiing proprietary hardware (and software) to the platform to lock it down. Since the x86 launch, Apple has shipped many ARM platforms, not one of which was open.