Isn’t this industry standard? How many PCs have locked boot loaders?

Edit, reply to Rohansi as I am rate limited, I’m talking about gaming PCs not consoles.

A lot of machines ship with secure boot locked to Microsoft's key. Usually there's a way to turn it off, otherwise you need the shim loader Microsoft signed in 2015 whose signature has just expired and who knows if Microsoft will sign it again.

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ben-schaaf a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Every iphone, ipad, playstation, xbox, android phone (though there are ways of unlocking), smart TV, smart Fridge. These are all devices that run a full web browser, these aren't appliances they're full personal computers. You can write and run software on them, even if arbitrarily limited in hardware access.

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koolala a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I can't believe all the replies who see no problem with a company completely controlling their device like it makes no difference.

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mort96 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is more competing in the game console market than the PC market though.

	▲	Rohansi a day ago \| parent [-]
		Yup, even though this is just a gaming PC, most people are going to be using it as a game console.

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Rohansi a day ago | parent | prev [-]

PS5, Xbox? They're almost PCs and are in the same space as Steam Machine.