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You can install another OS on the box, so you pretty much do have full control over it, if you really want.

For now that’s true for older machines, even though other OSes can’t really make full use of the hardware (yet).

I wouldn’t put it past the Ternus-run company to issue a firmware update that breaks third-party boot loaders for existing hardware, and simultaneously hinder third-party development on upcoming hardware.

Apple is not locking down its newer Macs to prevent the use of alternative OSs. Someone has to implement the hardware support, which takes time.

They've gone out of their way to make Linux support possible, and they're actively fixing bugs which were getting in the way of that. The macOS 27.3 beta includes a fix for issues which were getting in the way of M5 support.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-note... (under "mBoot")

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