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> So you're saying it's only a matter of time before Windows, which is 35 years old, might become a walled garden? Yes - Microsoft had credible plans to wall-o
by sangnoir 5y ago
> So you're saying it's only a matter of time before Windows, which is 35 years old, might become a walled garden?
Yes - Microsoft had credible plans to wall-off app installation via an iOS-stye app store. Valve considered this threat to be viable enough, they developed SteamOS and promoted Steam Machines.
Since then, Microsoft has continued its cryptographic crusade to plug all avenues for loading software that's not Microsoft-approved from pre-boot, right up to the userland. Currently, Microsoft already have a turnkey walled garden