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I wish they'd: 1. Provide standardised way to encrypt the whole disk 2. Support Debian by opening up their hardware so one could use stock debian on it (which would also solve problem 1)

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Open firmware would be very nice. Looks like these processors need a firmware blob in order to even boot. Seems to be a standard "feature" these days.

iMX6, for example, can boot with no closed blobs at all. vote with your money

Thanks for the tip! Please provide a link where one can buy such a system which is on par, featurewise, with a raspberry pi 4. The critical features are: 4GiB of ram or more, wifi, bluetooth, 4k hdmi, 2xUSB ports, atleast 2 cores with comparable performance to RPi 4, same ballpark price.

nowhere. freedom isn't free

you'll pay extra for iMX

BUT it is 100% open. you said you wanted that

> iMX6, for example, can boot with no closed blobs at all. vote with your money

Side question: Are already SBCs with the i.MX8 available that have a price that is suitable for individual customers; let's say: < 250 EUR or USD?

$135 - https://boundarydevices.com/product/nitrogen8m/

2. https://pete.akeo.ie/2019/07/installing-debian-arm64-on-rasp...

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