[sircastor]

Seeing that, it seems like this is likely cyclical.

We’ll have 20 years of siloed hardware, and then some competitors figure out a way to get a foot in the door, or signed-only systems will become distasteful to consumers and Companies will revert, interoperability will become the norm again.

There are always barriers in computing and society will respond to it.

[wheybags]

You dismiss 20 years of darkness like it's nothing...

[emteycz]

PC-compatible hardware and software is not going anywhere...

[5e92cb50239222b]

Until everyone stops buying it and it becomes a premium thing which the little man like myself simply cannot afford.

[katbyte]

PC like desktops are in _no_ danger of going anywhere. There will always been a huge gamer and hobbies market for them.

Laptops maybe, but the framework laptop is exactly what you want, seems pretty decent, and has a decent chance of taking off.