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So, tell me, how often did you install a new os on your smartphone, game console, VR device smart watch in the early 80s?
by rimantas 11y ago
So, tell me, how often did you install a new os on your smartphone, game console, VR device smart watch in the early 80s?
- TeMPOraL 11y agoWe wouldn't have smartphones, game consoles, VR devices or smart watches if big companies in the early 80s were pulling the shit they try to do now.
- mindcrime 11y agoYes, this is pretty much exactly the point. The "freedom to tinker" we had in the past has played a big role in enabling the things we have now. If we lose that freedom, we'll be reduced to a world where the only innovation comes from big corporations, or possible from academics who are controlled (via purse strings) by those same big corporations.
- pjc50 11y agoInterestingly this battle got started in the 80s around games consoles, such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_v._Accolade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_v._Accolade (does the console maker have the right to total control of the games market for that console?)