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Win11 with the tpm requirement is part of their control ratchet. Microsofts gameplan is not new, nor is it super secret. They've been ratcheting up signing control. Meanwhile all their competitors fully own the app install process and earn those juicy 30% fees.

Put another way, if I sounds like a duck and walks like a duck: do you really think Microsoft isn't envious of the appstore?

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You don't like security? How is Trusted Platform Module part of their "control ratchet"?

The security arguments are dubious at best. Seems more closer to direct vendor/platform lock-in.

Games like Valorant now require a TPM 2.0 chip to run. Why? It's a videogame? Why does it need to be locked down to Windows only. How long before all sorts of software get vendor locked in like this? Same kind of bs that happens on Android, safetynet and root. How is this not a ratchet for vendor control?

Also screw security if it means planned obsolescence. Microsoft has basically declared that every machine before 8th gen Intel and Zen 2 as obsolete in 5 years time. Why? Those machines are perfectly usable and fast.

It's not my keys in there. Giving more power to someone else does not count as security in my book.

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