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You're probably right but that could be addressed by shipping it locked down but giving the end user a way to unlock it should they desire (Google did this on t
by RexRollman 15y ago
You're probably right but that could be addressed by shipping it locked down but giving the end user a way to unlock it should they desire (Google did this on the Chromebooks). The only other reason I can think of would be if content vendors, say Hulu or Netflix or Spotify, required it for inclusion of their software.
- there 15y agoGoogle did this on the Chromebooks the production chromebooks by samsung and acer have a developer switch to allow running custom builds of chromeos, but not the bios-write toggle that the google cr48 had. the cr48 allowed flashing a custom bios that lets it run windows or any other operating system. it's just like android; google-built devices allow the user to completely change them but once other manufacturers got involved, they decided to change the rules and restrict what the user can do.