Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://as200950.social/@stanford" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stanford</span></a></span> 'The only <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VendorLocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VendorLocking</span></a> I've seen are on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WiFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WiFi</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WWAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWAN</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cards</span></a> being <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/whitelisted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitelisted</span></a> in terms of PCI-ID and MAC-Adress/IMEI number...</p><p>The only company that does <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VendorLocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VendorLocking</span></a> on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAM</span></a> is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hp</span></a> with their <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ProBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProBooks</span></a>, bricking <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PXE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PXE</span></a>-Boot in the process...</p><p>I had a work-issued <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>P15v</span></a> and that thing never complained about me swapping the 256GB NVMe for a pair of 1TB Crucial P1's...</p><p>I've never heard of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VendorLocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VendorLocking</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDs</span></a> outside of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> devices...</p>