Linux Phones and Unlocked Bootloaders?

Or are computers gonna just go the smartphone route and you can’t instal another OS?

I mean, Chrombooks are the first example of computers being more locked down. Will compouter manufacturers do the same? Mifrosoft now requires TPM on windows 11, could they make “Secure Boot” mandatory for windows 12? (Thereby preventing a linux install)

  • throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    4 days ago

    Ah yes, The Expanse future with authorities shutting down your comms and mad scientists testing bio-weapons on humans.

    So… Lovely… 🙃

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      4 days ago

      I haven’t seen The Expanse, but I get it from context. I still believe that is how a lot of people will operate in when 5G is wide spread enough in the US (because that is most likely where the money to develop this will come from and hence the first target market. Or perhapas somewhere in Asia.) + 5 years to develop and sell products.

      Unless I am completely wrong and some other trend comes along and the tech world takes a whole other course. 🤷