Yeah and the hardware is what requires blobs regardless of the distro.

It is more a question of what hardware is like that and if you look up firmware blobs for Linux you’ll find a lot, starting with graphic cards.

José Castañeda, a spokesperson for Google, which owns YouTube, said the allegations in the complaints “are simply not true.”

Hey José, you and your industry are pushing addiction and dependence just as much as big tabacco is. You literally grew up to be that shit guy.

It’ll be ok. Just stop buying shit. They haven’t needed new computers for years now they just act like they do. See windows 11 required hardware roll out. You think that is a new tactic? That is just them being overt about a practice that has existed forever.