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How would Linux have been today if locked bootloaders were as common in the 90s as they are now on ARM devices? (programming.dev)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Early Android (circa 2009) didn't have locked bootloaders.

Google wanted people to experiment, which was basically free research for them. Pixel's today are unlocked when purchased from Google.

Even my earliest Verizon phones weren't bootloader locked - they didn't start doing that for a few years (my last Verizon phone in 2012 wasn't bootloader locked). And Verizon is arguably the worst vendor when it comes to bootloader locked phones.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 9 points 2 months ago

Google wanted people to experiment, which was basically free research for them.

Embrace, ... you know the rest.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

locked bootloaders are still a thing mostly on the US.

over here having them locked is the exception, not the norm.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

What? At least two years ago, all had locked bootloaders and half of the vendors wouldn't let you unlock it. "Here" being central europe.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

here in south america they don't seem to be locking most of them.

granted, not all phones have an active developer porting an os to it.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Mean, so it's a regional thing. But why do they lock in US and Europe?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

i know us carriers dont like bootloader unlocking. not sure about europe.