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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
The conspiratorial answers here are emotionally satisfying, but ultimately wrong. The reason chip makers and OS vendors are adding this is customer demand, by which I mean enterprises. Companies want remote attestation and guaranteed-immutable OS images on their networks, and I honestly can't say I blame them. In a perfect world they could have it and we could somehow firewall it away from the consumer space entirely, but that's not going to happen.

>>Analem+u7
Haven’t looked at the Intel space, but doesn’t AMD have an “PRO” tier available for OEM only? Ryzen Pro, Threadripper Pro… Or Nvidia and their segmented RTX/GTX vs Quadro. These hardware companies love segmentation, let them have it, do that for PRO enterprise only, leave my personal use, no remote attestation, immutable OS needed PC alone.