You can still buy a Dell XPS 13 with Ubuntu via dell.nl or an OS-less laptop via BTO.
They don't appear to even mention secure boot as the reason, but pricing, margin and lack of interest, both from consumers as from vendors.
They don't appear to even mention secure boot as the reason, but pricing, margin and lack of interest, both from consumers as from vendors.
You had a choice.
That choice has been killed. High-end laptops are now the only option if you want freedom, and that's not an accidental thing, it's by microsoft's design.
Of course, being able to have it ship disabled by default is ideal, but for the HN crowd and for Linux shops, disabling Secure Boot in BIOS/EFI is trivial.