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no_timetoday at 8:40 AM2 repliesview on HN

>Nokia could have dominated and we wouldn't be stuck with mostly proprietary phones.

In an alternative timeline with Nokia winning, linux would still have GPLv2 which has no answer for proprietary drivers and tivoization. Also, the desire to dominate enduser devices by corporations/governments would still be there.


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ACCount37today at 10:28 AM

Tivoization should have been strangled in its crib. "Secure boot" as it's used today is the death knell of user freedom.

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inigyoutoday at 11:48 AM

IIRC tivoizing GPLv2 software is illegal in some countries such as Germany. See Steck vs AVM