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Indeed, though thankfully we have the alternatives.

• smoldesu 4y ago
  "You won't be able to imagine the things we have in the future. Supercomputers in your pocket, the size of a candy bar!" > "Cool, does it play Doom?" "Funny thing, that..."
  • Aachen 4y ago
    "Can your computer do <insert something simple>?" No, it cannot do simple things anymore. We've just come that far.
  • yazzku 4y ago
    It's always bothered me how they call it a "supercomputer in your pocket". Not very super if it doesn't do the things I want, sigh.
• SturgeonsLaw 4y ago
  Which is why Microsoft's attempts to make UEFI their own little fiefdom need to be resisted. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/security-measure-forces-windows-on-lenovo-laptops https://www.tomshardware.com/news/security-measure-forces-wi... Even aside from the most egregious cases like that linked above, operating systems like Linux need their bootloader signed by Microsoft in order to boot on a Secure Boot enabled PC. The conflict of interest is obvious.
  • yazzku 4y ago
    Yeah, TPM 2.0 is a real ass. Looks like classic anti-competitive lawsuit to me, has any org pursued this?