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0 pointsadrian_b4y ago0 comments

On most hardware, the closed source components are optional.

For example the only closed source component that I use is the NVIDIA driver, but I could use Nouveau, with lower performance.

The real problem is caused by the hardware backdoors that cannot be controlled by the operating systems and which prevent the full ownership of the devices, e.g. the System Management Mode of Intel/AMD, the Intel ME and the AMD PSP.

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donkeyd4y ago

On most hardware, the closed source components come pre-installed. Just walk into any store and find a phone with a verifiable open source distro.

The real problem is that most people don't have the knowledge to compile a distro and load it onto a phone. Most people don't even know that's a possibility or that the distro on their phone isn't open source.

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