Just even the state of boot firmware on mobile devices is insane.
Imagine if new desktop motherboard's firmware were hardcoded to ONLY directly boot Windows 11, ONLY in a very specific partition layout, specific to that motherboard (at least in the case of a prebuilt). Antitrust enforcement would probably be all over Microsoft on that; meanwhile this is the state of mobile devices, and Apple/Google get a free pass (presumably because it's a duopoly and not monopoly).
And I'm not even speaking about SecureBoot, I'm saying the boot firmware of these devices are specifically that: just an OS bootloader right in the firmware; no configurable MBR/UEFI pre-boot environment anywhere.
Free market would allow someone to make something better, but either everyone's spineless or careless, or perhaps Google contractually obliges handset vendors not to (in exchange for Google Play Services licensing or certain logo certifications).
arcanicanis
npub1pm…wd4ts
2025-03-03 20:45:15 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…5fyz
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