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minus-square@Telodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish15•3 months agoBIOS locked to Windows keys. Tuxedo is promising a Linux version of the same SOC soon, though.
minus-square@MonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish15•edit-23 months agoCan we please make vendor-locked bootloaders illegal, for repairability and consumer choice and all that? There’s literally no reason for it, except to lock in customers.
minus-square@orangeboats@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•3 months agoIf history is any indication then more lock-in will be the future trend. And they will sugarcoat it with reasons such as “this is more secure”.
BIOS locked to Windows keys. Tuxedo is promising a Linux version of the same SOC soon, though.
Can we please make vendor-locked bootloaders illegal, for repairability and consumer choice and all that? There’s literally no reason for it, except to lock in customers.
If history is any indication then more lock-in will be the future trend. And they will sugarcoat it with reasons such as “this is more secure”.