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Well, I knew right from the start when secure boot was first introduced that this is going to happen sooner or later. This is a slippery slope, and I'm sure eve
by kouteiheika 4y ago
Well, I knew right from the start when secure boot was first introduced that this is going to happen sooner or later. This is a slippery slope, and I'm sure eventually we'll have computers which will make this not only the default, but also the only way to boot.
The war on general-purpose computing is well underway, and I fear we'll lose it. The billions of already completely locked down computers (e.g. every iOS device) does prove that people just don't care, and many (including people here!) will even defend it that they prefer it that way. Eventually we won't have a choice.
- pmoriarty 4y agoThis is why we need more open hardware.
- bigpeopleareold 4y agoAnd I sense there will always be a market for it regardless of what large companies who want the widest reach possible (But I am still waiting patiently for the open laptop + trackpoint-on-keyboard combo :) )
- Hackbraten 4y agoAnd there’s only one way to get there: vote with our wallets. Let’s buy the libre hardware that’s available, even if it degrades our experience.
- rightbyte 4y agoRedhat (or Canonical?) had some almost smug FAQ post where they ridiculed the notion that secure boot is a "MS conspiracy" versus Linux. We will see how that turns out ...
- amelius 4y agoApple does the same thing with iOS. So far the company with the best lock down seems to be winning.
- fartcannon 4y agoI think we'll only lose in the way we 'lost' the open source code war. In that, it won't be as shiny at first, but we'll slowly take over the mindshare. Our stuff will always be better because of the freedom it provides. And then someone like Microsoft or whoever will buy their way in, corrupt a bunch of xbox users into thinking they're the good guys again, and we'll start again.