• Corngood@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    I do agree with you. The current state of things is pretty great.

    I have a phone, laptop, desktop, and steam deck. I control the software that runs on all of them, at least down to the bootloader/kernel. If I want to patch a kernel, I can do it. And aside from the phone, I can probably run the majority of the games that have ever been released (on any platform), on any of them.

    I worry about two things in the future:

    1. Will be able to buy modern hardware without the software it runs being restricted?

    2. Will online services used by software be accessible without hardware based attestation?

    • M500@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      I have similar worries. I think there will always be some kind of free hardware, but it might be limited to slower arm or risc-v chips. But I doubt there will even be a situation where you can’t have control.

      Your second point is not something I’ve considered, but now I’m worried about it and can totally see that being a thing.

    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      More services I don’t give a shit about would not be surprising.

      But a lot of these problems have an obvious answer in legislation.