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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Consoles are all x86 hardware there is literally no reason you can’t run a full OS on them… except the manufacturers lock them down with firmware.

Are you going to argue that locking down the firmware and preventing side-loading of apps and operating systems on all consoles should be banned?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Are you going to argue that locking down the firmware and preventing side-loading of apps and operating systems on all consoles should be banned?

yes, that could be very good for the end user