Another major problem is OEMs and distributors that insist on locked boot loaders or other DRM baked into the firmware and OS. Such machines are never intended

Another major problem is OEMs and distributors that insist on locked boot loaders or other DRM baked into the firmware and OS. Such machines are never intended to run anything but approved software, which is always abandoned. IMHO, any locked device sold that connects to the internet should be forced by law to unlock after 6 months of no updates. I would love to see Verizon forced to do this. It would be glorious.