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Actually, there's more to this than DRM. They basically killed to support to every setup that don't have DCH¹ (universal drivers). The reason being because they
by vitorgrs 3y ago
Actually, there's more to this than DRM. They basically killed to support to every setup that don't have DCH¹ (universal drivers). The reason being because they wanted to do state separation in future version (likely Windows 12), which will require DCH drivers.
The now canceled Windows 10x already had state separation, it used Storage Spaces to manage partitions. It's basically immutable Windows, similar to ChromeOS.
[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/develop/dch-principles-best-practices https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/d...
- wkat4242 3y agoHmm but even an immutable OS has a strong DRM feel to it for me. Besides offering a bit more security there's a large "hands off under the bonnet" thing about it too. macOS has it too in the form of SIP and Signed System Volume. But once you turn those things off there's suddenly a lot of content you can no longer access like iOS apps.
- vitorgrs 3y agoI believe the main reason it's because of A/B partitions for updates. The main advantage for common folks it's all about seamless upgrades.