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Or maybe they will launch Win 12 with optional TPM support.

Imho making the OS(es) TPM only cannot be good for their business, many people are still on Win 10 with no intention to switch, since their motheboard does not support TPM and do not want to upgrade PC / waste PCI-E slot on TPM extension.

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[–] ceiphas@feddit.de 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Problem is, i havent enabled my TPM and don't plan to, either.

TPM just gives your PC a non-spoofable fingerprint so Microsoft can always identify your PC. It's simply a DRM-device built into your PC.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

Your PC is already identifiable by the license key, the hardware installed, and you signing in with a Microsoft Account. If you're that worried about gummint tracking or something, you shouldn't even be gaming on your PC, as games and game stores have a lot of data to leak about you and what you're doing on the PC.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world -5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just because you haven't enabled it doesn't mean it's not available. If you want a modern operating system, that's the "you must be this tall to ride this ride."

[–] ceiphas@feddit.de -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You mean a massively patched windows 2000 with modern OS? Does Linux count, or BSD? How about macOS?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago

Linux if you're prepared to support it entirely yourself and still have functional issues.

MacOS if you want to pay 3x the price for hardware that's 1/2 as capable and has locked you out of modifications.