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It looks like this is from pulling the strings from the binaries, there have not been any announcements and Rosetta hasn't actually been removed from anyone's M
by simonh 6y ago
It looks like this is from pulling the strings from the binaries, there have not been any announcements and Rosetta hasn't actually been removed from anyone's Macs at this stage.
Microsoft faced legal threats from Intel over x86 emulation in Windows 10 ARM so this may be related to action, or possible action from Intel, or well, who knows? If there was actual legal action we'd probably know about it, but not if Apple had just received a threatening letter. It's worrying but not a real issue for now.
- ginko 6y agoYeah, my guess is they introduced the mechanism to disable it in some regions but aren't using it so far.
- soganess 6y agoWhat region has stronger x86 licensing issues than the US? I'm not sure where else this would make sense.
- teekert 6y agoIf this is from Intel, many of us are in the biggest vendor lock-in ever, we need to get off asap.
- dmw_ng 6y agoEmulation has been a patent minefield going back 20+ years, there is a fairly good chance it's not due to Intel