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Imagine MS doing the same for Windows.

It’s sad that smartphones now hold so much personal and private data but aren’t really under the control of their users.

janice1999
> Imagine MS doing the same for Windows.

They already have a version of that - it's called Windows S Mode (Windows Store apps only, no EXEs or scripts, Edge only for browsing). If they get away with it, they would make it the default. Required Microsoft accounts was a step in that direction.

dvngnt_
This is what caused gaben to create steamos which is now a somewhat viable ecosystem with the steamdeck and rumored machines
Pfhortune
> Imagine MS doing the same for Windows.

It will happen. We've been the frogs boiled in the pot for years, accepting forced attestation. Eventually they'll close off running unsigned code, and the PCs will probably have bootloaders locked to Windows as well, so you can't escape.

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