• Eagle0110@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Holy shite imagine buying a PC that does NOT allow you to install Linux in it, or even to install a different version of Windows, because the UEFI/BIOS is locked. If any PC OEM who’s not Microsoft themselves trying to sell that there’s gonna be an outcry.

    Why would the same be considered even remotely acceptable on Android devices?

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      6 hours ago

      It could easily happen if we were to move to ARM-based computers. I’m glad their sales are currently failing because I still don’t see any movement to create UEFI with ACPI for them.