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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If you're looking for ethical hardware manufacturers, there are none. Just do a clean install when you get it, like every other computer.

I would assume licensing SteamOS legally prevents them from doing something like that, but who knows.

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

IIRC Lenovo's rootkit fuckery was in UEFI and auto-launched even after a fresh Windows install. It was complete bullshit.