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We already saw closed computers - Chromebooks. They’re still around, but they didn’t really catch on.

We are seeing more open phones, over time.

But to answer your question about Microsoft, specifically, oh yes. Hardware produced specifically for Windows is going to get locked down much harder, soon. How else will they continue to ship spyware into people’s homes?

People who want privacy are going to need to choose their PC hardware much more carefully, in the near future.

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sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
This will be the result of requiring TPM 2.0 on Windows 11 computers.

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vala@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Idk that Chromebooks count as being super locked down when most of them can run Linux apps.

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- pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  Idk that Chromebooks count as being super locked down when most of them can run Linux apps.
  
  I mean…sort of? I used some advanced computer knowledge last time I ran anything interesting on a Chromebook. I was manually installing basic missing shell utilities, just to get other stuff to run.
  
  Maybe they have opened ChromeOS up more, since?
  
  But you make a good point. ChromeOs is more intentionally minimalist than intentionally locked down.
  
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  - vala@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    You can install a full Linux distro now. At a high level it’s basically like WSL2 for windows.
    
    I had to do professional software development work on one at one point. It was completely cursed but it worked.
    
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    pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Oh, that’s cool! And yeah, sounds kind of cursed, too.
    
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