[LooseMarmoset]

Everything else has moved in that direction:

  * Literally every game console
  * Literally every smartphone
  * Microsoft, with their Win11 requirements, is moving there
  * John Deere (read on their own hardware attestation efforts to block DIY)
  * Car companies (require specialized tooling and software subscriptions to make certain repairs)
  * Anything that requires a signed bootloader and signed software updates
  * Snapdragon CPUs and e-fuses that burn when you use unsigned software, and brick
  * Apple hardware, literally crypto-signed so you can't use aftermarket parts
  * Google Chromecast
  * Amazon Kindle, locked hardware
  * IBM has locked hardware to their laptops for *years*. Ever try upgrading a wifi card in an IBM laptop? They're already invested in this

the list goes on...of course it's coming to PC.

[embedding-shape]

And Linux probably predates most/many of those things, yet remains open and without forced attestation. Why suddenly it's different today than all those years you reference?

[direwolf20]

Companies can make Linux variants that are tivoized, but it's not standardized. They have to put effort into it. Soon it'll just be systemctl --tivoize-me