鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoHow long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027)message-squaremessage-square227linkfedilinkarrow-up1614arrow-down19
arrow-up1605arrow-down1message-squareHow long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027)鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square227linkfedilink
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·2 months agoDon’t I own this hardware? Can I not do what I want with it?
minus-squareanothernobody@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoYou own the hardware but not the software.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoAnd that includes the firmware required for you to load your software.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWithout software access it is useless until you are able to jailbreak it. Which is technically a breach of contract at the very least and could be deemed IP theft by a brain dead USian judge. So you can’t even commercialize your solution because capitalism works 1 way.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoCase in point: Find a recently-ish manufactured used Chromebook/chromebox, and try to unlock the BIOS so you can slap a different OS on it Source: it me 🫠
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYou’ll shoot your eye out, kid. /s
Don’t I own this hardware? Can I not do what I want with it?
You own the hardware but not the software.
And that includes the firmware required for you to load your software.
Without software access it is useless until you are able to jailbreak it.
Which is technically a breach of contract at the very least and could be deemed IP theft by a brain dead USian judge.
So you can’t even commercialize your solution because capitalism works 1 way.
Case in point:
Find a recently-ish manufactured used Chromebook/chromebox, and try to unlock the BIOS so you can slap a different OS on it
Source: it me 🫠
You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.
/s