I am sorry that free choice what software to install on your device goes against your existential fear of "AI extinction" as displayed in your profile description. I guess I was wrong, and surrendering all your rights, being tracked and used for datapoints that will in turn be used to train AI is actually good.
I don't think the "ethic" you are proposing (i.e., a consumer should have free choice of what software to install on their own device) has much bearing one way or the other on AI extinction risk.
Do you simply not care that this Linux computer that you have such warm feelings about is fairly easy to pwn (in part because of the lack of verified boot and in part because desktop Linux software is just much easier to pwn than the systems software on a Mac or a Chromebook or an iPhone or an Android phone) such that if you ever got to be an effective activist against some government or some powerful industrial interest, that government or industrial interest could fairly easily eavesdrop on everything you do with this Linux computer?
That doesn't sound much like protecting your individual rights.
You're right. My loonixtard brain didn't grok this without your input. My device is going to be pwned because I didn't use a Microsoft verified image. Should I ever feel the need to start the revolution, I will make sure to use secure boot and use Microsoft windows using my employers account.
It appears that most PC makers didn't implement verified boot correctly (e.g., they negligently left sample keys in the firmware they shipped), which is why I avoided any mention of Windows in my previous comments.
