Windows 11: TPMs and Digital Sovereignty.

This is another area where people are eager to be conned in a comforting way.

So, why do I suddenly need a TPM 2.0 device on my machine, then you ask? Well, the answer is quite simple. It’s not about you; it’s about them.

You see, the PC (emphasis on personal here) is in a way the last bastion of digital freedom you have, and that door is slowly closing. You need to only look at highly locked and controlled systems like consoles and phones to see the disparity.

It’s long been the corporate dream to kill general purpose computing. They are getting very close now; soon it will be de facto illegal.

When a company tells you that you need something, and it’s “for your own good,” and hey, they’re just on a humanitarian aid mission to save you from yourself, one should be highly skeptical.

Exactly. Firefox killing customizability “for your own good” had fuck-all to do with helping you, but rather with serving their larger corporate masters. It was all lies.