This is just another example of the moving goalposts that MS haters use to always paint whatever MS is doing as evil.

"Windows sucks because it has shitty security. FIX YOUR CRAPPY OS, M$."

...But when MS tries to use Secure Boot prevent a whole class of malware?

"MS IS TAKING OVER OUR MACHINES. I HATE YOU M$."

...Or if MS tries including antivirus with Windows to increase security?

"ANTICOMPETITIVE BUNDLING! BREAK UP THIS EVIL COMPANY, REGULATORS!"

Hilariously, MS's "monopoly" is even part of these moving goalposts. To MS-haters, Windows is only a monopoly when it benefits them (as in the above examples.) At other times? They claim that Windows is a sinking ship that people don't want or need, and Microsoft is an irrelevant, doomed company.

Which one is it - does Windows have no competitors and so has an iron grip on the market... or are people moving in droves away from Windows because of all the better alternatives in a post-PC world? Help me figure out which one is true, /r/linux! I know I hate MS, I just have to figure out WHY!

Oh.... and Microsoft isn't forcing any PC maker to do anything. PC makers are perfectly free to make computers without secure boot. They only have to follow MS's rules if they want to have a Windows sticker on their computer.

So don't worry, /r/linux. Any PC manufacturer would be DUMB to NOT make Windows boxes without stickers. After all, there is a MASSIVE market for PC's without secure boot (as proven by all the threads about the controversy), and since PC makers just want your money they'll SURELY cater to the needs of the masses.