It's really not 'peek Linux' it's just that many manufacturers refuse to even provide specifications for using their product (basically it's API) without chargi

It's really not 'peek Linux' it's just that many manufacturers refuse to even provide specifications for using their product (basically it's API) without charging money and/or requiring an NDA etc. This makes any third party trying to support them face nightmare after nightmare of unknowns, and a complex device like a computer of any sort is nearly always a complex web of interlinked mini-computers each doing their own thing. Like the damned bluetooth chip; which worse probably has government regulated transmission compliance stuff baked into it's software rather than hardware. That adds a whole other nightmare you might see with various firmware blobs and driver support, most often seen with other WiFi adjacent projects such as OpenWRT (and supported hardware). It would be very nice if some law enforced free 'edge technical specification' for all products to anyone who buys them or a product containing them. That would help a level and fair market for competitors as well as right and ability to repair for consumers / device owners. That sounds a lot like effects desired by most (many?) Libre software licenses, like the GPL (and LGPL), and Creative Commons.