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IIRC at WWC Apple said it would still be possible to boot unsigned OS, but it would show some kind of warning.

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This is the best news I’ve heard all day, thank you!

I’m totally fine with a chromebook-style unsigned boot warning.

During WWDC they said you can't use any other operating System at boot time, only through virtual Machines.

Update: here a podcast with Craig Federighi on that matter https://youtu.be/Hg9F1Qjv3iU

Link with timestamp: https://youtu.be/Hg9F1Qjv3iU?t=3772

"we're not direct booting an alternate operating system, it's purely virtualization"

You can, they are just saying Bootcamp isn’t a thing.

Why not just support a company that doesn't do this crap?

Because most people don’t care?

I would happily.

Who else is making 8 core, 18 hour battery life laptops that have >200ppi displays and weigh <=1290g?

The choice is now performance xor privacy.

Why not legislate companies to not do this crap?

I'd be tempted to buy one if this ends up being the case

But what would you run on it? What OS besides macOS has support for running on Apple Silicon?

What's the meaningful difference from other ARM chips which would make this impossible?

The bootloader and GPU mostly.

Which ARM chip based device can run linux without the manufacturer's drivers?

Apple's not going to ship drivers for Linux, and it's a SoC. So someone needs to somehow write an open source driver for Apple's proprietary black box of a GPU.

I suspect very little will work at all if someone can get Linux to boot on one, and it will be a very lengthy endeavor to get things up to being usable.

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