idk cpu manufacturing seems secretive all the way around?
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sure, but you can buy one from microcenter... try buying a mobile SoC retail
I see what your saying.
what i'm saying is that supply chain could be regulated and locked down just as easily. hardware boot chain. only authorized devs and software
thats what they do with tesla chips, apple products etc... whats stopping government regulation? if crypto is really disruptive seems like an inevitable issue
we use general purpose chips *everywhere*. twenty years ago my car had thirty 90's era desktop cpus in it (m68k). last year my kids got laser tag that uses the same class chips, which are about 10¢ now. killing general compute borders on physically impossible.
whereas gimping Apple and Samsung mobile SoC's borders on easy. ensuring touch screens, mobile gpus, and basebands have binary blob drivers is almost the default.
i get it, but people aren't going to "give up mobile" either
Ah i see. I've had no phone for a few years not that difficult. Hard to use crypto in person though. Also depends on your job
