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And by "people" we mean Hollywood. A great deal of this was created to enable DRM, then exploited for other purposes. For instance, it's illegal (by contract) to let a device without Secure Boot play a 4K stream from any mainstream studio. This is why Windows requires Secure Boot.


> This is why Windows requires Secure Boot.

No it isn't, and no it doesn't.


Elaborate?


I am not aware of any concrete evidence that would even suggest that the creation of Secure Boot had anything to do with Hollywood.

And it is quite demonstrable that Windows can function without Secure Boot.




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