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Re:The GPU, not the TPM, is the root of hardware DRM by badsectoracula on Thursday January 02, 2025 @12:02PM (#42576191)
> This already happened for smartphones.

Sadly even in tech many people do not seem to see smartphones as real computers.

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Re:The GPU, not the TPM, is the root of hardware DRM by Semaphor on Thursday January 02, 2025 @12:21PM (#42576372)
Not GP, and don’t have their patience anyway. But while I see them as real computers, they aren’t any that I enjoy using, so I care relatively little for them.
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Re:The GPU, not the TPM, is the root of hardware DRM by aleph_minus_one on Thursday January 02, 2025 @12:59PM (#42576810)
> But while I see them as real computers, they aren’t any that I enjoy using, so I care relatively little for them.

If you/people were brutally willing to crack them open, the "enjoyability" of using them for "hacker-minded people" could be improved insanely.

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Re:The GPU, not the TPM, is the root of hardware DRM by Semaphor on Thursday January 02, 2025 @11:33PM (#42582453)
No, because they’d still lack a physical keyboard and a large screen ;)
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