#ownership

Like, id praise tf out of it and give all the love they could ever need

Id obviously never send anything myself

But id like to see them sort of reliant on my words after a bit,you know?

Our x86-based PCs allows the user to install and run any compatible operating system; we can even replace the BIOS.

In theory, ARM-based smartphones can do anything a traditional x86 PC can do. In practice, phone manufacturer have made either impossible, extremely hard, or very inconvenient to choose what software runs your phone.

Samsung used to let its buyers unlock the bootloader on both North American and International variants. Samsung removed that feature for North American versions since the Galaxy S5. This year, Samsung removed the option to unlock the bootloader on all samsung devices running OneUI 8.

I have a samsung galaxy Tab A9+ that was powered-off until recently, and the tablet updated itself without any prompt, message or warning. I used to have the option to unlock the bootloader before it updated itself.

And Samsung was clever. They designed their devices in a way that makes it impossible - without exploiting a security flaw or accessing confidential binaries - to revert the system update. When the system installs an update, it checks if the binary is official (signed by samsung) and checks the microscopic fuses that the processor will physically blow up for every new system update : this is permanent.

"The swing between #AIutopia and #AIapocalypse, which fills the feeds, mostly misses the seam where the real question lies. Both camps agree on the fact that matters: #intelligence now carries enormous social force. The fight is over direction and #ownership, over ends, over who gets to steer."