But the "walled garden" on mobile (iOS mostly, but now also Android) isn't really about trusted computing at all. Trusted computing (locked bootloaders) is but a small part of it.
Trusted computing and even remote attestation have legitimate use cases. It's good, great even, that they exist. But just like everything, they can be used against you.
In fact most digital goods that are sold in large numbers via download, are, as far as I'm aware, sold with some form of DRM. Like films and video games. Otherwise piracy would be just too easy. MP3s don't have DRMs, and are still sold (e.g. by Amazon), but those now seem to be largely replaced by music subscription services.
And this might be a reaction to the fact that music piracy is quite easy; if it wasn't, perhaps there would be no Spotify where you get basically All The Music in existence for peanuts. (Note that no equivalent subscription service exists with regards to movies or games: Netflix and Xbox Game Pass have only a limited selection of content included in their subscription.)
The second is a real problem even with completely unique applications. If they have UI portions that have lookalikes, you will get flagged. At work, I created an application with a sign-in popup. Because it's for internal use only, the form in the popup is very basic, just username and password and a button. Safe Browsing continues to block this application to this day, despite multiple appeals.
What’s wrong with the iPad being a pure consumption device? It’s really great at this. Granted, you don’t need an iPad Pro for consumption, but you could always go for an iPad or iPad Air, no?
I have a 2017 iPad Pro and once the battery finally dies will replace it with a non-Pro iPad.
Eh. I feel TFA is a little overblown. It is not the devices (a physical thing with software) that are upgraded, it is the Apple Home instance (a purely virtual/software thing) that changes.
Personally, I use HomeKit with Home Assistant as the "backend" and it's working fine. HomeKit can see and act on exactly what I need it to.
Is it winning? Of course, everyone has a different perspective on the software industry. From my (super limited!) view, Angular is winning. And for the first time in almost 10 years, I can now confidently say: Rightly so. “Components become targeted DOM operations”? Yes. “Updates flow through signals”? Yes. (Dunno about Qwik, never heard of it.) It was a long and arduous journey, but they pulled through. Also, it is rather batteries-included.
I encourage everyone to give it a whirl. Zone.js is no longer needed and with Signals and Standalone Components it is now proper good. Developer experience, too, with Vite and esbuild.
If AI server farm operators conclude that nuclear is the way to go, they should be free to do so, yes. If they manage to fulfill all regulatory requirements. (Which means it'll be at least $2 per kWh, yay.)
I think you underestimate the amount of mismanagement and human error that happens every day. May I remind you of the Goiânia accident? Additionally, Wikipedia has a seriously long list of “orphan source incidents”.
Trusted computing and even remote attestation have legitimate use cases. It's good, great even, that they exist. But just like everything, they can be used against you.
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