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>>foodst+(OP)
The fearmongering about Pluton feels very similar to the criticism that was levied against UEFI Secure Boot when it was being debuted. In the end, x86 systems didn't become any more locked down.

I predict that this will blow over, and won't be a big deal in a few years time once FOSS drivers for what is effectively just a new breed of TPM are released.

If in five years, it turns out I was wrong, I'll eat my hat. Although defining "my hat" by then might be difficult, as it'll probably be subscription based.

>>messe+sa
>to the criticism that was levied against UEFI Secure Boot when it was being debuted

...or the fearmongering from up last year regarding TPM and windows 11. People were going hysterical over the thought that TPM might be used for DRM, not realizing that they're already running hardware that does exactly that (intel SGX, amd PSP).

>>gruez+bc
I was more concerned about the TPM requirement purely due to not having one in my desktop that's otherwise perfectly capable of running Win11 Pro (I know because I've been running Win11 for months on it via the Insiders Program). Yes, the desktop is 8 or 9 years old now, but it's still a 6 core I7 with 64GB Ram and a suitably fast SSD (not nvme, though). To me, it reeks of planned obsolescence in the name of pushing Windows Hello, that I don't need.

I did look into what an upgrade to add a TPM would cost. I was looking at over $400 for a like motherboard to support TPM (without an actual TPM chip), but I'd also lose SATA channels I currently use. At the point of having to replace a motherboard, it starts looking attractive to do a full rebuild, but that's difficult with supply shortages and inflated costs currently.