Lenovo vendor locking Ryzen CPUs with AMD PSB

Re:Lenovo vendor locking Ryzen CPUs with AMD PSB by jevoten on Sunday January 16, 2022 @02:12PM (#29958885)

> OEM who trusts only their own cryptographically signed BIOS code to run on their platforms

It's not their platform after they sell it. We should resist this trend of referring to items as still belonging to their manufacturers, legitimizing their control over them, while we are reduced to mere users, paying for items but not owning them. Let's see how it sounds:

> An OEM who wants to restrict their customers from selling their CPU, or buying one second-hand, will use a PSB enabled..

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Re:Lenovo vendor locking Ryzen CPUs with AMD PSB by kllrnohj on Sunday January 16, 2022 @06:29PM (#29961536)

It is the OEM's product. They are selling the BIOS, motherboard, and CPU as a single unit, along with a bunch of other stuff. If you wanted individual pieces, then buy individual pieces. Why are you even shopping for these products if you had any intention of ever dealing with in-socket CPU upgrades or parting it out second hand?

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Re:Lenovo vendor locking Ryzen CPUs with AMD PSB by michaelmrose on Sunday January 16, 2022 @09:04PM (#29962594)

Most of us aren't merchants we as a society aren't obliged to let you do business save on our terms. If they think they can get more favorable terms elsewhere they can very well sell locked down elsewhere. This is a trend we ought to have shut down 20 years ago and we should darn well shut down now.

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Re:Lenovo vendor locking Ryzen CPUs with AMD PSB by R0b0t1 on Sunday January 16, 2022 @07:02PM (#29961799)

There's precedent that they can't do this. If you buy it intending to piece it out and you can't and this was not explained to you, whoever you bought it from or AMD is liable for damages.

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