why are phones so locked down unlike pcs and laptops?

  • Cousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.ch
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    5 hours ago

    Having attempted to install Linux on an ARM device I think the real answer boils down to how ARM works. You could have UEFI or a BIOS but more likely the CPU will scan for data at specific offsets toward the beginning of the disk for a bootable kernel.