[embedding-shape]

I think phones are a completely different beast though (and already a lost cause), PCs seems a lot more resilient to that sort of lock down.

But on the other hand, you might be right, you never know how the future looks. But personally I'll wait until there is at least some signal that it's moving in that direction, before I start prepping for it to actually happening.

[LooseMarmoset]

Everything else has moved in that direction:

  * Literally every game console
  * Literally every smartphone
  * Microsoft, with their Win11 requirements, is moving there
  * John Deere (read on their own hardware attestation efforts to block DIY)
  * Car companies (require specialized tooling and software subscriptions to make certain repairs)
  * Anything that requires a signed bootloader and signed software updates
  * Snapdragon CPUs and e-fuses that burn when you use unsigned software, and brick
  * Apple hardware, literally crypto-signed so you can't use aftermarket parts
  * Google Chromecast
  * Amazon Kindle, locked hardware
  * IBM has locked hardware to their laptops for *years*. Ever try upgrading a wifi card in an IBM laptop? They're already invested in this

the list goes on...of course it's coming to PC.

[embedding-shape]

And Linux probably predates most/many of those things, yet remains open and without forced attestation. Why suddenly it's different today than all those years you reference?

[direwolf20]

Companies can make Linux variants that are tivoized, but it's not standardized. They have to put effort into it. Soon it'll just be systemctl --tivoize-me

[direwolf20]

They are a different beast because of the culture surrounding them — nothing technologically different. Lennart wants to bring that same culture to desktops.