[thisislife2]

Do you lock your house or car and permanently handover the keys to some stranger, who you then have to depend on always to lock or unlock it for you?

[dwattttt]

No? I have locks on my house and car that I have the keys for. That an argument _for_ secure boot.

[jrm4]

It is absolutely not.

It's a decent one for "locks on an apartment building that someone else owns."

But no, purchasing a house ought not include by default "a set of locks that you must work around, permission-wise."

[robotresearcher]

Funnily enough, when you buy a house, the first task is to change all the locks.

Y’know, for security.

[jrm4]

Sure. Now, of the people who buy houses -- how many of them would find this a difficult or onerous task?

And then, do computers.

Apples and oranges here, for this point.

[robotresearcher]

Cost me $500 recently. Not difficult, but costly.

[Spooky23]

Sorry dwattttt, I’m unable to verify your identity and your keys are disabled. If you have an issue, please fax a copy of your DUNS number.

[dwattttt]

You don't have the ability to revoke my keys on this machine, that's the point. Not even MS could do that, because these are _my_ keys. The alternative proposed here is no keys at all.