@lamp depends...

Some (mobile) Servers & Workstations do #VendorLocking of #PCIe - devices to comply with shitty FCC regulations and deny 3rd party WiFi & WWAN cards to be installed.

#HP even does #VendorLocking in #RAM in their #Laptops, and FUDs people with false alarms every bootcycle that they've to confirm on the physical keyboard, purposefully breaking #WakeOnLAN and rebooting remotely in the process!

Yeah, #VendorLocking of #Consumeable & upgradeable parts like #HDD|s, #SSD|s and espechally #RAM is just a big asshole move.

And no, it's not less bad just because others besides #Apple do...

Same with soldering-down of RAM & SSDs!
https://youtu.be/eFnj7LvhvR4?t=260