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Everything else has moved in that direction: * Literally every game console * Literally every smartphone * Microsoft, with their Win11 requirements, is m
by LooseMarmoset 9mo ago
Everything else has moved in that direction:
* Literally every game console
* Literally every smartphone
* Microsoft, with their Win11 requirements, is moving there
* John Deere (read on their own hardware attestation efforts to block DIY)
* Car companies (require specialized tooling and software subscriptions to make certain repairs)
* Anything that requires a signed bootloader and signed software updates
* Snapdragon CPUs and e-fuses that burn when you use unsigned software, and brick
* Apple hardware, literally crypto-signed so you can't use aftermarket parts
* Google Chromecast
* Amazon Kindle, locked hardware
* IBM has locked hardware to their laptops for *years*. Ever try upgrading a wifi card in an IBM laptop? They're already invested in this
the list goes on...of course it's coming to PC.
- embedding-shape 9mo agoAnd Linux probably predates most/many of those things, yet remains open and without forced attestation. Why suddenly it's different today than all those years you reference?
- direwolf20 9mo agoCompanies can make Linux variants that are tivoized, but it's not standardized. They have to put effort into it. Soon it'll just be systemctl --tivoize-me