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Locked bootloaders should be illegal. Manufacturers should have to provide enough specs that third parties can write code that runs on the hardware.
"But Crowdstrike" would probably be an argument against.
"Security" as an excuse for self-serving bullshit isn't new.
Sure, there's a risk of breaking things. I can do that with a hacksaw and a soldering iron too, and it's widely recognized that it isn't up to the manufacturer of the thing to keep me from breaking it. We need the same understanding for devices that depend on software.