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Re:Use macOS Recovery on a Mac with Apple silicon by webmobdev on Thursday November 19, 2020 @02:57AM (#25147206)
> This is conspiracy theory at this point.

No, it isn't, but I am sure Apple would like all of us to think so. The new macOS already cripples firewalls to ensure that Apple can spy on you better and retain even more control over your device. Lack of drivers for Apple hardware means that you can only run their OS on it. The frog is being boiled ever so slowly, while also being given Kool-aid to make them think everything's fine. /s

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Re:Use macOS Recovery on a Mac with Apple silicon by mlindner on Thursday November 19, 2020 @12:19PM (#25151728)
Doing those things doesn't require moving to a new architecture. They can do those things perfectly fine on the current Intel systems. So your point is pure conspiracy theory.
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Re:Use macOS Recovery on a Mac with Apple silicon by webmobdev on Friday November 20, 2020 @03:11AM (#25158323)
> Doing those things doesn't require moving to a new architecture.

It clearly indicates the direction they are moving towards - you need to change both the software and the hadware to create a closed system like ios. The example I cited about crippling the firewall is the changes made to the software towards this goal. The move to ARM processors is the hardware change to this same goal.

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Re:Use macOS Recovery on a Mac with Apple silicon by mlindner on Monday November 23, 2020 @06:49PM (#25193394)
You can change the hardware without changing the cpu. Apple added the T2 chip to Macs that locks down the system just as much as the M1 chip, without removing x86.
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