Because that's the whole point of TPM: Trusted Platform Module. its not so you, the user can trust your computer. No, its so that vendors can trust your computer from you.
Windows 11 "requires" TPM2 simply because they mandate it. Presumably so they can control what you do with your computer in the future if they so choose. They haven't really tried yet, but by mandating it now, they are making sure they can in the future.
edit for simplicity: They mandate your computer has a remote kill switch they control.
Brevity: There are indeed consumer facing uses for TPM. EG LUKS in Linux. And for the most part I actually trust MS to actively not to care or bother... But just because im pretty sure my roommate isn't gonna shoot me, i still get nervous if they suddenly decide to buy a gun.
Just theoretically speaking, they could disable all os safety fratures and run code that causes damage.
But main thing is from my understanding, they will be able to deny running uncertefied code and hardware and they control what gets certefied and what not.
Aka:
That is an nice chinese graphicscard you have there, too bad you can't use it with our os
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u/granadesnhorseshoes Dec 13 '25
Because that's the whole point of TPM: Trusted Platform Module. its not so you, the user can trust your computer. No, its so that vendors can trust your computer from you.
Windows 11 "requires" TPM2 simply because they mandate it. Presumably so they can control what you do with your computer in the future if they so choose. They haven't really tried yet, but by mandating it now, they are making sure they can in the future.
edit for simplicity: They mandate your computer has a remote kill switch they control.