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I disagree with secure boot on regular desktops but I'm not sure how I feel about it on ARM devices (specifically tablets). I feel like the only people who are
by k-mcgrady 14y ago
I disagree with secure boot on regular desktops but I'm not sure how I feel about it on ARM devices (specifically tablets). I feel like the only people who are going to change the OS on a tablet are geeks - it won't affect ordinary consumers who won't want to change the OS especially as tablet hardware and software is so integrated.
Is it possible to hack this or will it even affect geeks who do want to install the OS of their choice?
- mtgx 14y agoWhy make the difference between the two? What's so special about tablets that they deserve restricted boot, but PC's do not? They're just all computers. What's worse is that in the future these computers will be a lot more popular than PC's ever were. That means more people will be restricted by default. Most tablets and phones just happen to come with a different chip architecture, but there is nothing inherent to them that demands they should be restricted compared to the x86 alternatives.
- tzs 14y agoOne major difference between phones and desktops is that phones are often subsidized.
- josteink 14y agoSo are computers with their "free" antivirus included. But let's not care about that. Why should that make a difference?
- owendbybest 14y agoThis applies mostly to US phone sales.
- greenyoda 14y agoThe subsidy is paid back by the customer being locked into a service contract for some number of years. It shouldn't affect the customers' freedom to run their own software on the phone.