I find myself in the weird position of agreeing with the desire for computing power, general purpose computation, software freedom, and ergonomics, and being ba

I find myself in the weird position of agreeing with the desire for computing power, general purpose computation, software freedom, and ergonomics, and being baffled by the rest of this take. Platform availability: Others have pointed out that UEFI hasn't even been a minor hindrance to the linux ecosystem for several years. But also, the post author's argument against the numerous efforts to make linux-first laptops is "They're overpriced", which is not only barely true, but also nuts considering their other positions. Price-fixing is the classic monopoly play, and if you're not willing to initially pay more, you're not serious about fighting Microsoft, period. Also, the Framework Laptop has gotten a ton of press in tech circles, and exactly solves the problem of laptops not being upgradeable. Yes, the basic consumer market is going the direction the poster claims, but alternatives do exist and supporting them is not that difficult if you care. Ergonomics: SSH provides a perfect way to run your own "cloud" computing solution by having a powerful desktop that you access through a portable laptop (not to mention having a built-in protocol to make a secure tunnel for any service you can imagine). Barrier makes this even more seamless with the ability to ad-hoc treat multiple computers as multiple monitors which still run separated userspaces. These two pieces of software alone give you the best of both worlds, and are simple to configure and available in every linux distro there is. I've repurposed numerous old laptops into workspaces with their own monitors, which I can then use as a dynamic multi-monitor setup with my tower and any laptop I currently use, and I tend to aim for either ridiculously cheap (Like the Pinebook Pro) or ridiculously portable (Ultrathins. I honestly really love having an effectively weightless computer I can put in a backpack I'll be biking with without a second thought about weight, and will totally pay a premium for it) for those. Also, maybe I just have tiny hands, but I don't find laptop form-factors that annoying unless doing very specific tasks that need a real mouse. Even typing on chiclet keyboards with acrylic nails (not something I'm used to having) was a 5-minute adjustment at worst Throwing up your hands and saying "the battle for general computation is already lost!" strikes me as premature doomer nonsense, given how many people care about this and are creating solutions to all these problems. Hell, the solutions to the problems the author mentions aren't even hard to find