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>>kotaKa+(OP)
Every day we stray farther from the premise that we should be allowed to install / modify software on the computers we own.

Will once again re-up the concept of a “right to root access”, to prevent big corps from pulling this bs over and over again: https://medhir.com/blog/right-to-root-access

>>medhir+Lg1
In the meantime, corporate is thinking about locking browsers down. Remember this? https://chromestatus.com/feature/5796524191121408

They’ll try again, with big business and governments cheering on them.

>>baq+yv1
Government in EU will want it once they introduce the Chat Control legislation and observe that it is trivial to circumvent by either modifying clients to not scan or using free open source alternatives. Logical next step is to lock down all devices and thereby also ensure total and utter surrender of all our digital infrastructure to the current duopoly in the mobile device market (Apple and Google).

>>ulrikr+oP1
So, people who need can always use linux and can even just compile everything from source.

>>hoppp+RY1
How will you install Linux when all the hardware manufacturers are forced to enforce Secure Boot? All for security, of course.

>>gkbrk+E32
They can't force the entire world to use Windows, its a national security risk for countries other than USA.

Each country would need a locally maintained OS they can force on people

>>hoppp+Ba2
They are effectively forcing official Android on all smartphones in most countries with digital ID apps using Play Integrity. More and more people are using smartphones as their main computation device now.

>>ulrikr+Cb2
Well that is true sadly but desktops and servers are still a different subject

>>hoppp+2g2
For now. They have a legacy of openness that will take a while to squash for sure. But they're experts at this kinda maneuver.