Appreciate the clarification. I didn't know about the bootwork example, I meant reliant more generally. System76 is one of the few Linux-first hardware compani

Appreciate the clarification. I didn't know about the bootwork example, I meant reliant more generally. System76 is one of the few Linux-first hardware companies. Dell and Lenovo do this but as an aside. System76 is 100% Linux. If there were an entire ecosystem of Linux-first open hardware developers, Purism could simply provide a few hardware and software tweaks (ie hw switches for wifi) for enhanced privacy. The problem is Purism is forced to bear the weight of being one of the few open hw/sw vendors AND all the additional anti-surveillance pieces too. Curious if this explanation helped you.