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Except I don't think Philips advertised that they are using an open standard. It's just what they used for the implementation. They are free to mutilate that s
by revelation 11y ago
Except I don't think Philips advertised that they are using an open standard. It's just what they used for the implementation.
They are free to mutilate that standard as they see fit for their own product, and since they didn't make it into a selling point, there is no reason for them to expect compatibility.
- HelloNurse 11y agoIn the world of customers who prefer trustworthy vendors, there's a substantial difference between not wanting to spend money to respect a standard any more than advertised, and deliberately spending money (firmware updates aren't free) to worsen the product and screw customers. Likewise, "mutilating" a standard to leverage standard technology in a not-really-standard product isn't the same as deliberate artificial incompatibility for purely commercial reasons.