Are you making the argument that an extinction level meteor event is within the same realm as Apple deciding to lock down their hardware? It is called risk management, here is how it goes: The likelyhood that an earth ending meteor comes and destroys the earth is very very low and therefore Debian decides that they should still write software. On the other hand the likelyhood that Apple -- a for profit company -- locks down their laptop hardware like they do for iOS is much higher. Apple has a history of walled gardens and conceivably there could be profit motives to lock down the hardware. Given the risk, potential supporters of Asahi have to decide whether or not it is worth the risk of putting a bunch of time and money into the project.