No. Nothing about MacOS prevents users from installing alternative OSes. Even with Apple's custom chips, that remains true. It's only that it's a smaller target that limits options as fewer people are writing software for that hardware than for x86.

See Asahi to verify[0]. I've been a donor since the week they opened a Patreon account.

0. https://asahilinux.org/fedora/

At Asahi's pace, the A18 Pro will be able to install Linux in about 8 years.

> Nothing about MacOS prevents users from installing alternative OSes. Even with Apple's custom chips, that remains true.

Reminder that the possibility of installing a third-party operating system on Apple hardware is not a given. The same silicon is used in iPhones and iPads where you absolutely cannot install another operating system.