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In addition to that concern, I would add that we've seen some of the opposite move happen - PCs change to be more like phones. The closed source OSes are all mo
by bscphil 6y ago
In addition to that concern, I would add that we've seen some of the opposite move happen - PCs change to be more like phones. The closed source OSes are all moving towards fenced off app marketplaces, with heavy sandboxing between apps. Even Ubuntu seems interested in this kind of move, with Snaps. We've also seen attempts to close the bootloader to "tampering", a restriction in place since the beginning of smartphones. We've also seen components like memory and batteries soldered into the computer instead of being replaceable. And so on.
I'm worried mobile phones are reducing the expectation that the average consumer has of being able to modify, upgrade, and repair their devices, and computer manufacturers are poised to take advantage of this, rather than the other way around.