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If it becomes true of Apple, it will necessarily become true in many other domains. Xbox, Switch, PS, etc. What about car computers? Not just the infotainment s

• weareallcowards 6y ago
  For what it's worth, the US Air Force has been burned in the past by having game consoles locked down. They bought a bunch of PS3s to make a cluster back when the machines could run Linux, but Sony removed the ability to run a custom OS when people started to actually use it. I think the military got a special contract for continued support, but why shouldn't that be a feature that is expected of any complex computing device? People do also modify their car and motorcycle ECUs, it's called "chipping". Again, this is expected of a product that you purchased and own, and it's still illegal to operate vehicles that don't pass local environmental and safety inspections.
  • Jtsummers 6y ago
    USAF wasn't the only one, universities also bought PS3s as that was the only feasible way to get a Cell processor cluster going.
• Shared404 6y ago
  That would be absolutely amazing. I would love to be able to use Switch hardware as a general purpose computer/emulation machine.