Your argument is that the people know that they are only two harmful smartphone systems from Google and Apple. And therefore it is the people’s fault to choose one?

    > Choose between death or ban! 
    < Ban?
    > Okay. Death through ban.

People have the right to modify, repair or maintain their property - within boundaries of law (e.g. you can use tires of your choice on your bicycle - but you cannot remove the belts in a car and drive on public roads).

In the past we enforced regularly features for devices. Interoperability should be a general requirement! Exceptions apply only if the manufacturer is able to explain why it isn’t possible or a new standard is required.

Back to normal.

PS: Your argument is neglecting lacking knowledge by 90% of customers and the mass-effect by this group. People do not understand software.

You understand this is true for Apple too, right? They are free to leave the EU market if they don't like the EU rules.

The X13 Gen3 or Gen 4 (both AMD or Intel) are high-end devices. Both allow to ship without operating-system.

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Double checked that. You can also select the OS for the T14s or T14-Intel. The decision of Lenovo for options are sometimes weird. It looks like that ThinkPads preferred for professional usage likely ship without operating-system. Maybe you look for already built-devices only? Look for the options upon CTOs devices - which makes sense - their built upon request.

Sometimes you can also select Fedora or Ubuntu but I think the majority of Linux user prefer to setup the system itself.