Nerdzmasterz Is any of this accurate? I keep seeing this video pop up when I'm looking at stuff.
Mostly inane fearmongering for clicks, far as I can tell. I mean, this literally gets to the point where he says, "'They' are trying to take away your autonomy...". Does this guy work for Fox News?
Simplifying the video, it seems to boil down to "I just noticed I'm only ever leasing the software and don't own it so clearly it's a conspiracy". Thing is, unless it's FOSS, that has almost always been true, as software, whether an OS or otherwise, is 'Licensed', not 'Sold'.
The same is true for plenty of things, you think you 'own' music? Try playing it at a live music venue without paying an additional licence fee and see what happens, or copy and resell it. Physical assets are largely owned, IP is largely leased.
All the cloud/TPM etc. did was provide new means for software houses to enforce their licensing, improve security etc. or enable subscription models, which while I personally dislike, it's their right to stipulate the terms of use, not mine.
As for the fearmongering that hardware will be locked to Windows in future? I severely doubt it. Choice is almost always better for the supplier, so even if they made a 'Windows only' version of a mobo, there will almost certainly be 'Linux versions' too. I mean, what's the steam deck, what’s the Raspberry Pi... If every supplier suddenly locked it down, a new one would pop up offering it.
