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> What is uninformed about this, in your opinion? Nothing, that's not the part I (personally) had a problem with. > Is it "uninformed" to point out that the M
by scrollaway 5y ago
> What is uninformed about this, in your opinion?
Nothing, that's not the part I (personally) had a problem with.
> Is it "uninformed" to point out that the M1 is a closed system that limits us, compared to Intel / AMD alternatives available? Or that the efforts of the developers will be a waste when Apple can, at any time, thwart or derail such reverse engineering attempts on the M1 by updating its firmware?
You just described reverse engineering. That's what it always looks like. It's not in Apple's best interest to thwart those efforts, and if they do, it becomes a game of whack-a-mole.
What I believe is uninformed about your posts, or at least your arguments, is the lack of understanding of both how we got to this point, and how progress can happen.
We are not at a point in the world where open hardware is winning. Not just CPUs, just open hardware in general. This won't change by ignoring the progress in closed systems. Reverse engineering for compatibility makes the progress more public and more accessible to the open systems. There are fundamental issues that need to be addressed before we can start on relying on open-by-default progress in hardware.
To answer your question about what is "uninformed" about it: Maybe a better world would be pointlessly idealistic. You won't address the issues above with a boycott, and it doesn't matter because a boycott won't happen anyway (if you can't convince a die-hard supporter of open source like me, you won't convince the general public). So it's all a bit of a waste of time; I like progress to not just be theoretical. Reverse engineering for compatibility is a practical way of progressing.
> Do you think I am wrong in concluding that AMD / Intel will not catch up, or even overtake, Apple ARM processors?
I think it's a good bet, but I don't think any of us can say so with certainty and definitely not "when" it will happen. Intel has been spiraling lately, who knows if they will catch up at all?