I mean that it’s a box that you can’t change anything on, it’s basically just a thin client that connects you to locked down windows on a server somewhere
To be fair you may be able to on the early iterations until it takes over the enterprise space, and the personal space, and when they’ve got it all, they lock it the fuck down.
This is obviously speculation, but I think it’s a pretty informed guess.
Yeah you are probably right. Being able to install (or even execute) your own software would expose all those sweet security loopholes in their network to a talented hacker.
Please correct me if needed, but why? This is the epitome of anti-cross platform.
It’s as close to negative platform as you could possibly get.
I have honestly no idea what you mean by “anti-cross platform” or “negative platform”.
I mean that it’s a box that you can’t change anything on, it’s basically just a thin client that connects you to locked down windows on a server somewhere
If I can’t install cygwin, a C++ compiler and an editor of choice, then it is useless. But I was assuming (probably too naive) this would be possible.
To be fair you may be able to on the early iterations until it takes over the enterprise space, and the personal space, and when they’ve got it all, they lock it the fuck down.
This is obviously speculation, but I think it’s a pretty informed guess.
Yeah you are probably right. Being able to install (or even execute) your own software would expose all those sweet security loopholes in their network to a talented hacker.