What Linux developed by a company today isn't "controlled by a single vendor". What does that even mean? CyanogenMod and countless other AOSP-based roms seem to contradict that implication anyway.
Not sure what the criticism is regarding the hardware vendors. That'd be like criticizing RHEL if a distributor sold machines and locked it down to only allow RHEL to boot. Does that reflect on the project itself? No.
I suppose you can criticize them for not using GPL3 (as it would prevent the hardware lockdown) but you'd be criticizing a loooot of people in that case.
(A defensive reply to a "witty" bit of snark earns downvotes and silence. Shocking.)
What Linux developed by a company today isn't "controlled by a single vendor". What does that even mean? CyanogenMod and countless other AOSP-based roms seem to contradict that implication anyway.
Not sure what the criticism is regarding the hardware vendors. That'd be like criticizing RHEL if a distributor sold machines and locked it down to only allow RHEL to boot. Does that reflect on the project itself? No.
I suppose you can criticize them for not using GPL3 (as it would prevent the hardware lockdown) but you'd be criticizing a loooot of people in that case.
(A defensive reply to a "witty" bit of snark earns downvotes and silence. Shocking.)