3 ms·
> people have to get used to seeing computers as closed-source devices with app stores Consider all of the school age kids using chromebooks, many of them thei
by cj 6y ago
> people have to get used to seeing computers as closed-source devices with app stores
Consider all of the school age kids using chromebooks, many of them their 1st computer.
Will they care in 10 years as adults that their Mac doesn't allow programs to be installed from "untrusted sources"? Unfortunately, this transition probably won't phase them.
- rmoriz 6y agoThey won't be able to build a disruptive startup or a modest lifestyle business anymore without having to pay upfront and play by the rules of big tech. But nobody will be so they won't feel that something was taken away from them.
- jeegsy 6y agoThis actually describes my feelings about all this at the moment. I imagine that now and in the future, the 2 Steve scenario in the "garage" will be next to impossible
- n0nc3 6y agoIronically, Chromebooks are the "freest" hardware you can get. They all support full-featured coreboot, including measured boot and verified boot. https://www.coreboot.org/ https://www.coreboot.org/