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do you think after the age verifcation bs computers will just have locked bios like phones and only boot windows? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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i think they will. or worse yet they can make it without bios at all just device tree and all that garbage that phones do. then make it subsction based,filled with ai,cloud streamed only. no apps outside store. but thats too much orwellian stuff for now,i think what will happen is the locking bios thing for now.

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[–] fozid@feddit.uk 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah computing as a service will be for the masses and mainstream user who doesn't care, and they will have age verification and all the "security" measures included. The custom build and DIY setups won't change at all. Any Linux / BSD distro can just be hosted in a territory that doesn't require these "security" measures, then anybody who knows how to use them will be able to continue unaffected.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

hosted in a territory that doesn’t require these “security” measures

And then what do we do once everyone does these measures? There will be nowhere to run.

[–] fozid@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

there is around 193 countries in the world. i dont think every single one will make it s legal requirement. I think we should be ok at least for a few decades anyway.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 12 hours ago

there is around 193 countries in the world

All of which are out of my reach. Lol.