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		AlexandrB 47 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Homebrew no longer allows bypassing Gatekeeper for... Why does this need a licensing deal? Windows didn't need a licensing deal to run on commodity PC hardware back in the day.

alwillis 47 days ago [–]

Because computers don't boot the way they used to in the commodity BIOS era. The boot loader has to cryptographically check that it's valid operating system it's attempting to boot.

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