Yes, admittedly there do seem to be some recovery concerns on M1 that don't exist on previous platforms.
However I still don't think DFU mode was necessary in your case. If it were necessary, then you would not be able to boot the system at all with the normal method.
Trashing just your OS partition should not require DFU mode. Although yes, it seems like trashing the new boot data partitions might.
However I still don't think DFU mode was necessary in your case. If it were necessary, then you would not be able to boot the system at all with the normal method.
Trashing just your OS partition should not require DFU mode. Although yes, it seems like trashing the new boot data partitions might.