I really want Arm laptops to take off, but I also don’t want them “phone-ified” with bootloaders you either can’t unlock or have to jump through hoops and beg the manufacturer to provide an unlock code.

Tech reviews really need to start “benchmarking” device’s locked down-ness as well. I don’t care how well it crunches Pi or how long the battery lasts while streaming some brain rot from YT. I care about whether I can run Linux on it lol.

If anyone early adopts, be sure to try to install Linux on it and return it if you hit any artificial barriers; make sure to explain exactly why it’s being returned.