alt Hacker NewsI often wonder whether the folks at Apple have the Asahi team on their radar. Are they in awe of the reverse engineering marvels coming out of the Asahi project, or are they indifferent to it?
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I think the dev that was responsible for the bootloader or some security chip having the option to be opened posted on twitter a while ago. Pretty sure he implied or mentioned that this was what he was hoping for.
Edit: this was what I was remembering: https://x.com/XenoKovah/status/1339914714055368704
I don't think they care. It brings more customers to Apple.
IIRC Marcan mentioned something he found that had been deliberately put into the Mac boot loader that made booting alternative operating systems easier and perhaps making it possible altogether.
Certainly they know about it. There is no way they don't.
They are aware. They are also aware of the designs sitting in the cabinet right next to them in Cupertino that would make all the reverse engineering instantly unnecessary.
Such a monumentally Sisyphean waste of effort in behalf of the Asahi devs in my opinion.
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