alt Hacker NewsGet back to me when it actually happens, because I've been hearing that line for about 15 years now and it has not happened.
The reality is that PC's address the needs of a fundamentally different market than "TiVo"s or even mobile phones. While most could, and probably should, be using secure boot noone seems to be eager to take away the option to disable it.
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Lammy • 07/31/2025
> Get back to me when it actually happens
Hello from 2013, and here you go!
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/SurfaceRT#Secure_Boot
https://openrt.gitbook.io/open-surfacert/common/boot-sequenc...
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You're living under a rock. It's been happening slowing but surely. As device form factor preferences change the new types conveniently don't make it easy to replace to OS. A significant chunk of them lock you out entirely.
Microsoft perennially makes small movements in that direction. Reduced control over the OS and attempts to exert control over the software ecosystem. I assume they're still trying to push consumers towards Windows S mode devices.
Kernel mode anticheat that won't run on systems that aren't attested. Streaming platforms that won't serve up decent quality streams. Even if you don't notice the pot being boiled there are those of us that do.