What does the comparability of root/admin access change in this situation? Why is the ability to change Microsoft’s binaries important?
Suppose Microsoft adds this capability to Windows, and you edit the registry to disable it. How is that any different?
I can see the argument for something like iOS. But on Windows you would be able to add or remove such functionality.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 14 hours ago
By allowing the end user to change it instead of locking it down, they are not making a good faith effort to comply, and they lose their liability protection. To maintain their immunity, at the very least they will need to prohibit Californians from disabling the feature.
Canonical is prohibited from adding comparable terms.
dev_null@lemmy.ml 7 hours ago
All right, then your argument relies on the licensing difference, not any technical differences between Linux root / Windows admin or source code access. Which makes sense, but it’s all hypothetical since neither company addressed this yet, either in the product or in the licensing.