In the comments, someone says: "We <i>were</i> campaigning against Restricted Boot 10 years ago..." and gets the reply:<p>"Yes, you <i>were</i> campaigning against Microsoft. However, when Apple implemented the Palladium spec to the letter, most people folded because they were more anti-Microsoft than pro-freedom and were taken by the shiny stuff. Now it is acceptable to the public to buy locked down devices."
He's so right. Sadly this has come a bit too late and warnings have fallen mostly on deaf ears.<p>Linux desktop users risk to go back to being a niche, just when they were starting to rise above it.<p>Good move, Microsoft.<p>PS: Oh, and you'd think the fact Secure Boot "CA" is controlled by an American company would raise some eye brows at Bruxelles ...