This will only lead to Windows being banned at major corporations as per internal policy requirements.
Good news, however, this could finally be the year of the Linux desktop.
Good news, however, this could finally be the year of the Linux desktop.
There will soon come a time when buying a general purpose computer will need to be done on a big enterprise account -- all "consumer grade" devices will have a signed code path from power on to end-user code -- and they will need an internet connection to download the latest keylist and upload telemetry.
Oh, and buying a general-purpose computer that doesn't have remote backdoors is something only government agencies will be able to do.
I've been using Linux on my primary machine for 4 years and while I appreciate the customizability, I don't think it'll ever be in a state to be mainstream unless it's a distro pre-installed on popular hardware funded by a large corporation.
Back in the days when Windows was sold as an add-on to DOS, computers with hard disks would often ship with DOS pre-installed, but not Windows. Microsoft incentivized OEMs to pre-install Windows 3.0 with steep discounts starting in 1990, and it was then and only then that Windows became a worthwhile target for the bulk of developers to develop for.