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Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that MS is doing the right thing by insisting that hardware makers give users a choice. Microsoft _requires_ that Wi
by jeswin 14y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that MS is doing the right thing by insisting that hardware makers give users a choice. Microsoft _requires_ that Windows 8 certified devices have an option to disable Secure Boot. They still get blamed though.
Surface RT doesn't have that option, because it is exactly like the iPad except that it is going to be far less popular. To be fair, if there is anyone to be blamed for this alarming trend of locking things down, it is Apple.
- jacquesm 14y agoYou can't really blame Apple for something Microsoft does. Microsoft is large enough to buck the trend.
- jeswin 14y agoI am not blaming Apple for something Microsoft did. I am blaming them for making it acceptable to lock things down.
- jacquesm 14y agoIt's not acceptable, it is just that the people in the target audience don't care.
- Paradigma11 14y agoI see, it's not acceptable. It's just that most people accept it.
- SG- 14y agoI'm not so sure if accepting it is the right term, they just don't care or even understand the concept of something else. It's sort of like how privacy isn't a concern/issue for this latest generation that is getting online.
- jlgreco 14y agoThe majority accepting something has nothing to do with whether or not that something is acceptable. This is the concept behind the idea of the tyranny of the masses. The tyranny of the masses has traditionally been held back by enacting rules of law that the masses have no interest in. In this particular case, that would be consumer protection laws that the majority of consumers would not care about.
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- Toshio 14y agoApple and microsoft can do as they please with devices they manufacture themselves. Harming the consumer comes into play when microsoft removes choice from the market by dictating restricted boot to OEMs in exchange for better licensing deals.
- ryukafalz 14y agoYou're right, that is the right thing to do. However, MS also mandates that secure boot be enabled with no option to disable it on certified Windows RT devices. That's essentially all future ARM-based Windows devices, not just Surface RT, and I suspect we'll be seeing more of those in years to come.