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Crazy how people buy computers nowadays based on which OS you are allowed to run on it, right? Almost feel like the early 80s all over again, but less for techn

• simias 6y ago
  In this case it's also a hardware issue. If smartphones ran x86 I'm sure some clever hackers would've found a way to boot windows on them and from there you could play any game you like. But being ARM it's pointless.
  • glsdfgkjsklfj 6y ago
    that is pointless and show a lack of understanding of the core issue. first, there were tons of x86 android devices. samsung tab3 to name the last one i used. second, most of the code on android is tainted GPL code. technically GPL was supposed to not prevent you from running whatever you want on devices you own if it was distributed with GPL based code, but alas, that is exactly what happens.
• dimitrios1 6y ago
  > Almost feel like the early 80s all over again, but less for technical reasons. It's almost exclusively due to technical reasons.
  • glsdfgkjsklfj 6y ago
    right... (tried to add as much as you to the discussion)