Quietly. Lmao. There headlines.
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I am sure they will start tightening screws on Linux one day too...
These can't help themselves if they got market power.
I wonder if this is due to antitrust law reasons. Already low Linux market share + secure boot having made installation even harder does not set a good precedent for Microsoft.
A Microsoft lawyer could definitely argue in front of a judge that they not only don't block it, they actually have a public guide on how to do it. Which may knock down an opposing argument a notch or two.