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Aren’t you free to load any OS you like? Not trying to justify anticompetitive behavior from Apple here, but tired to see people saying ‘do you own it?’ when t

Aren’t you free to load any OS you like? Not trying to justify anticompetitive behavior from Apple here, but tired to see people saying ‘do you own it?’ when they really mean ‘does the manufacturer help installing third parties apps on its default OS’.

talldayo 2y ago
> Aren’t you free to load any OS you like? Not while the bootloader is locked.
- WillAdams 2y ago
  The thing is, there aren't many hardware examples which allow installing an arbitrary OS, esp. if one has specific hardware requirements. I prefer machines with a Wacom EMR stylus, and it's simply not possible to find a device which: - supports the same Wacom EMR technology as my Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ and Kindle Scribe - has a high-resolution display - decent battery life - tablet form-factor I currently compromised on a Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 (because I simply couldn't find a direct replacement for my Samsung Galaxy Book 12), but the only OS option there is Windows 11 --- I've been considering a Raspberry Pi 5 and Wacom One 13 2nd Gen w/ Touch or Movink 13, but the display is only 1920x1080 and arranging for a battery is rather hackish...
  - talldayo 2y ago
    I used to use a Surface Pro 3 on Linux just fine, I really don't think the hardware requirements are an issue. And circumstantially, Linux has upstream Wacom device drivers that still supports hardware from 2003 (at least my CTE 430).
    - WillAdams 2y ago
      Surface Pro 3 is NTrig, not Wacom EMR. I'd be glad of a guide to installing Linux on a Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360.
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katzinsky 2y ago
Not on an iPhone. I'd probably buy one today if that were allowed.