For those who’re currently looking for a nice new device: shown are (from Top Left to Right):
- NovaCustom (NL)
 - Star Labs (UK)
 - System76 (US)
 - Juno Computers (US)
 - UbuntuShop (BE)
 - Slimbook (ES)
 - Tuxedo Computers (DE)
 - Entroware (UK)
 - MiniFree (UK)
 - Nitrokey (DE)
 - Laptops with Linux (NL)
 - Purism (US)
 
Not mentioned but also selling Ready-to-use Linux computer:
- Dell
 - Lenovo
 


i wasn’t aware of that. thank you! is this a recent development?
I can’t find an exact date, but there is a YouTube tutorial from 2018 on removing the battery whitelist, so it’s been at least 7 years.
Even t430 from 2014 has a battery whitelist.