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>>gjsman+(OP)
Ew. Why are all the chip manufacturers going along with this stupid plan? I want to buy a processor and then own it and have it work in my best interests, not consume electricity and generatie heat enforcing draconian 3rd party DRM policies.

>>metada+n
> Ew. Why are all the chip manufacturers going along with this stupid plan?

Because if they don't add whatever garbage Microsoft orders them to include in their chips then Microsoft can simply require that shit for the next version of their OS to boot. They could even force an update on existing PCs to check for it. Nobody is going to buy a chip if having it means they can't run the OS that 99% of computers on the plant are using. If Intel dared to say no, MS could pretty much run them out of business.

>>autoex+dN
This works both ways however. No one is going to buy the OS that can't even run on their latest chip. Microsoft can make all the demands they want, but the chip manufacturers still have the power to refuse to implement it; if Microsoft wants to brick their own OS, that's not their problem.