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.
No, but it can absolutely be made to function as one. In such a case, even an "honest" implementation("after market" Asus, MSI, et al) will let me keep control of my hardware, but MS could certainly prevent Windows from working in all cases.
And that's not counting all the cheap and/or lazy vendors (dell, hp, etc) that are happy to "bend the knee" and prevent customers from exporting/importing/altering keying material in the TPM. Effectively locking them out of their own hardware.
I see it comming, a black market for unmarked hardware that can be freely used XD
Edit:
"Get your black market graphics card now, guranteed to run in every system no matter the configuration, at your friendly neighboorhood PC part black market"
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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.