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It is hard to imagine that there was not someone inside of Nike that lost their faith in humanity when the pitch for these things was originally taking off.

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[-] fubarx@lemmy.ml 68 points 4 months ago

Companies really should just opensource their apps at this point, or at the very least publish their protocols.

Can't see how dropping apps and bricking devices benefits anyone.

[-] CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago

A point could be made that it hurts the planet and they should be held responsible for their shenanigans.

As with that spotify car thing.

[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 29 points 4 months ago

Make a law that says, if you don't keep supporting it you have to open source it. It's just fair.

[-] fluxx@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Yes, not gonna happen. You know how many new devices get sold simply because old ones are no longer getting updates/software support? It's planned obsolescence. No modern country would pass a law like that.

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Absolutely 100% unironically: Not with that attitude.

[-] fluxx@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Not sure which country you're from, but I've basically lost the any hope I can influence any policy in my country with ANY attitude. I hope I'm wrong about other countries.

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Look up "right to repair" laws. There are efforts all across the world to get them passed, and many of them have been successful. This is absolutely a thing that you can in fact make a difference on.

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