Post AQajcKf2gtjZMKpgPY by kQuote03@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AQYetBb8kfgw5SIx4C by bagder@mastodon.social
2022-12-13T08:11:00Z
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Should I buy an m1 mac mini using the #curl project fund to work on curl issues on that platform?
(DIR) Post #AQYhqL6zDv6kaRXDfs by Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
2022-12-13T08:48:47.620968Z
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@bagder No, why would you give an enemy of freedom more money for hardware that doesn't operate without proprietary software?
(DIR) Post #AQYl8R8brBBwLrcC1I by bagder@mastodon.social
2022-12-13T08:59:16Z
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@Suiseiseki a reason would be that we have a lot of users that expect our code to work smoothly there as well...
(DIR) Post #AQYl8Rj7fQOmB6hLvs by Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
2022-12-13T09:25:36.903326Z
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@bagder If there's that many users I'm sure one could go and fix it up - it doesn't really make much sense to go out of your way to support those who decide to jail themselves with hardware that doesn't and won't give you freedom.Curl does work on Aarch64, so you've helped those users out plenty.I haven't looked into precisely how the bootloader works and what it loads (links welcome), but from what I read, it loads proprietary firmware to init and run on parts of the computer.Knowing apple, I don't have a doubt there's a signature on that loadable proprietary firmware to stop you from replacing it.
(DIR) Post #AQajcKf2gtjZMKpgPY by kQuote03@mastodon.social
2022-12-13T08:43:39Z
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@bagder Accidentally clicked yes, but yea, Apple should definitely donate one, because I'm willing to bet they use curl thousands of times daily without ever noticing :P
(DIR) Post #AQajcLAEouggv5Qb2G by bagder@mastodon.social
2022-12-13T08:59:44Z
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@kQuote03 of course they do, but they are freeloaders