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My point is: Why should phones be any different to desktops with regards to OS availability/ease of installation? If we accept that a significant number of users do use that ability on desktops, why wouldn't they use it on phones?


Because desktops have a higher degree of standardization of some parts needed for this, ex. UEFI, ACPI etc. while the ARM SoC world is full of customizations.


But there is no reason why it needs to stay that way.


Part of the reason why people use phones is that phones aren't as complex as desktops. You don't need to install an OS, it just works.




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