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>>gjsman+(OP)
Remote attestation or not, "Software freedom" fighters should understand that things happen based on some user base need. Somebody needed this and they added it, whoever needs it doesn't care if they can't run linux on it. If the user cares about running anything else on the hardware, they will add a way to disable the feature. it is all about the user need.

if you are a secondary priority user on some hardware, the way to fix it is to focus on becoming important enough to be prioritized instead of fearing some technology will limit things.

>>robot+ig
> "Software freedom" fighters should understand that things happen based on some user base need.

I wish that were true. However, I think the movie Tron (1982) sums this up very nicely.

From the movie Tron:

> Dr. Walter Gibbs: That MCP, that's half our problem right there.

> Ed Dillinger: The MCP is the most efficient way of handling what we do! I can't sit here and worry about every little user request that comes in!

> Dr. Walter Gibbs: User requests are what computers are for!

> Ed Dillinger: Doing our business is what computers are for.

We are now moving toward a world where all computers have a "MCP". No, it is not to solve user problems, it is to do the business of the corporations that designed it.