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Is that entirely true? I don't see any reason you couldn't load Linux on, for example, the Mac Mini. I would normally never consider Apple products, because I don't care for the lock-in either, but... the value proposition packed into these new M1 chips is certainly tempting given the <$700 price tag! For me personally, I could easily be persuaded once any teething pains (related to loading Linux on this new hardware) are figured out.

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I could see this being the time when they prevent 3rd party OSes using some kind of code signing/hardware verification, idk what. But that's speculation, no need to prematurely come up with things to be mad/disappointed about when there's no evidence of that now.

IIRC, Apple said something about Apple Silicon not "supporting" other OSes, but it was ambiguous as to whether "support" meant "it won't work" or "we don't help you do it".

You cannot load Linux on an iPhone. So don't be surprised if you cannot on your Mac, either.

To be pedantic, it sure is possible to run Linux (and Android) on an iPhone 7, although it requires some security vulnerabilities: https://projectsandcastle.org

And a lot of stuff just doesn't work yet -- like graphics acceleration, audio, cellular networking, the camera... it's pretty rough, and the support matrix only starts looking worse for newer devices.

https://projectsandcastle.org/status

For sure, it will only run MacOS barring any jailbreak from the community.

Even previous gen Mac Mini's with the T2 chip made it difficult to reinstall even MacOS due to Find My Mac.

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