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Sjors 1 month ago
Also on a more optimistic node: when it comes to jailbreaking devices, I do think the incentives will remain freedom-aligned. It will be hard to make devices the chokepoint. Maybe most people will end up having a cheap compliance-phone, for all services that require remote attestation, and a fancy free-phone. Though hopefully even the remote attestion will by made impossible by people consistently leaking these secrets. We'll probably end up with an OAuth-like situation where the government (or some big corporation it trusts) has to approve every login attempt to gated services. But that at least keeps the alternatives within reach.

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waxwing 1 month ago
I'm really curious why you think "it will be hard to make devices the chokepoint." Isn't that playing out, right now? What proportion of even freedom-aware people, especially outside the US, have a smartphone not controlled by Google or Apple?
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waxwing 1 month ago
And fwiw (not much), re: my vague war comment, I am talking about the potential long term effect of complete societal value realignment. But, who knows.