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Outside of consumer electronics, the relationship between hardware and software is more tight. Customers don't just buy an electronic device, they also do want the software that's inside.

Furthermore, in this context, systems are often sold and setup by a third party company. End users value more the fact that they can be sure that the software run by the device has not been tampered with, than the possibility of changing the software.

Even for desktop PCs in companies, it is not uncommon that a rather rigid management policy is enforced, so in a way in this case PCs are just general-purpose and locked down embedded systems.