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I want open firmware in my next laptop so its inspectable.

If you mix open source with closed firmwares you are half doing it. Half doing it means there are potential malware lurking around hidden in some corner where no one looks.

Richard Stallman has been right the whole time.

Also if the software is open there is possibility to maintain the code long after the manufacturer makes the next model and loses interest in the old device.



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