Apple enforcing its rules by forcing somebody to take down content hosted on a web page, content which does not infringe any copyrights or trademarks or other IP, is stepping out of bounds, in my opinion. There are a lot of things I dislike about Apple, but this crosses a line for me.
So does Google. All Nexus devices allows you to do "fastboot boot kernel.img".
Other devices with unlocked bootloaders supports/supported this too (like my old HTC One M7), using the same standard Android tools.
Sorry.
And the only solution is to throw out every piece of electronics I own. That's not happening.
We need laws. Some day, perhaps. Too bad the TPP didn't include EU countries (I know), maybe there would have been ONE benefit.
You think the TPP including the EU would have led to better privacy protections? To it seems obvious that the point of addressing privacy in the TPP would have been watering down the EU's existing protections, not trying to increase the privacy protections available anywhere else.