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> How relevant and accessible to the public were general purpose computers in the past? There were no alternatives in the past. Now that locked down alternativ
by CyberRabbi 5y ago
> How relevant and accessible to the public were general purpose computers in the past?
There were no alternatives in the past. Now that locked down alternatives have been invented, general purpose computers will slowly but surely fall out of use
- mcphage 5y agoSo they've gone from not existing, to existing but expensive, to cheap and unpopular.
- CyberRabbi 5y agoI see, there was a misread of my original comment. The bit about “to the extent that they exist now” is a comment on the state of current so called general purpose computers like the ones based on intel platforms. In appearance they are “general purpose” but there are various locked down subsystems that are not under the control of the user. I never claimed they were expensive, not sure what you’re referring to there.