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Sure... enterprise and gov customers. But I think their moves with win11 show that they view most windows users as products, not customers. Even Apple lets big
by nurple 3y ago
Sure... enterprise and gov customers. But I think their moves with win11 show that they view most windows users as products, not customers. Even Apple lets big customers sideload apps, but not the product class of customer.
- p_l 3y agoApple explicitly makes it so that they keep the keys to the machine in ways you cannot deal with. Microsoft, in order to support enterprise and government clients, pushes certain policies onto hardware manufacturers. While it's not the same as pushing it for everyone, enterprises being at times stingy means you can acquire relatively cheaply hardware that is "certified" for Microsoft Windows Enterprise - where Microsoft certification requires certain owner-friendly policies (including complete removal of vendor keys from secure boot and resigning everything with your own).