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Hector Martin
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If it ain't broke, I'll fix it! I'm porting Linux to Apple Silicon Macs at @AsahiLinux. http://patreon.com/marcan  | http://github.com/sponsors/marcan 

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    1. Hector Martin‏ @marcan42 22 Dec 2020
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      Shaking my head at this marketing BS from Purism. They believe in free software "to their core" so much that they colluded with the FSF and spent a ton of work *hiding* proprietary blobs from users (and eliminating their freedom to see them, audit them, and replace them)pic.twitter.com/G9R8SwQfkD

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    2. dos‏ @dos1 23 Dec 2020
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      The freedom of the user to "see them, audit them and replace them" is not limited in any way (at least not where Purism had any control over that). It's just not a required way of operation for normal user. Please don't spread FUD.

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    3. Hector Martin‏ @marcan42 23 Dec 2020
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      Sure, you can replace Purism's u-boot with one that ignores their entire scheme and just loads the blob normally. Then you have a device that is just as free, but doesn't try to lie to the user about it. It also now has a useless Flash chip, a waste of money and resources.

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      Storing the blob in a dedicated place has other benefits as well - you don't need to care about integration and redistribution of the blob when you build an alt eMMC image from scratch, for instance. And it's not like this chip cannot be reflashed if someone really wants to.

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      (and not even speaking about this chip being needed to be there anyway because of the TPS65982 ;P)

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    6. Hector Martin‏ @marcan42 23 Dec 2020
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      What you're saying is they came up with this stupid idea *first*, *then* added a PD controller that needed flash anyway so *now* it's slightly less of a stupid idea. Too bad doesn't change the fact that the initial idea was still very stupid :-)

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      Also, they originally said it was going to be read only, but I assume they gave up on that (the WP pin is deasserted and I assume they don't blow the "WP forever" OTP bit via software in the flash chip at manufacturing time)

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      Anyway, loading proprietary firmware from the eMMC image is a *feature*, because it means that it can be validated together with the rest of the OS. If you have firmware out of band, you need to perform explicit steps to verify that it hasn't been tampered with.

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        2. Hector Martin‏ @marcan42 23 Dec 2020
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          It's also, you know, less wasted work. There is zero user benefit to doing this stupid dance to get RYF certification; it's purely a bureaucratic hack that does nothing for user freedom, just panders to the FSF's clearly nonsensical rules.

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          Even assuming that it has no benefit for the user (which I disagree with), a "bureaucratic hack that does nothing for user freedom" is very clearly a different thing than "eliminating user freedom".

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