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UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I mean, they can say Linux must do it, but then Linux won’t do it and then what? This will probably be as effective as the war on drugs or efforts to stop media piracy (or even just private copying). They try, they fail, they avoid the topic as much as possible.

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DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Use DRM to block non-trusted OSes from accessing the web?

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- Noja@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  Another thing that could be done is banning any software that isn’t sanctioned by MS, Google, Apple, etc.
  
  Apple and Google are already doing that
  
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- doleo@lemmy.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  Another thing that could be done is banning any software that isn’t sanctioned by MS, Google, Apple, etc.
  
  We are the frogs in the boiling pot of app stores
  
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artifex@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
If they’re serious about it it will eventually be made into a requirement for serious services. I could imagine federal regulations requiring online banking, accessing government services (including school-related services), and maybe even ecommerce and payment processing looking for this trusted info, and refusing to run otherwise. Like TPM on steroids.

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DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Then they’ll just block Linux from accessing the web.

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