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No, I think the reason is that not letting user have full control over hardware is more profitable for manufactures, government and economy as a whole.


Anyone that misuses their root account to have an exploit taking place inside the organization gets shown the door.


And what is "getting shown the door" with your own device? A Fullscreen message telling you you are now banned from the device you spent a months wages on?


Ransonware, or a systray full of little applications the nephew has to fix during Christmas vacations.




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