Well thought out article. Open source whatever the customer needs to keep the thing running Google! This reminds me of Tivo's wish to EOL all their old set top

Well thought out article. Open source whatever the customer needs to keep the thing running Google! This reminds me of Tivo's wish to EOL all their old set top boxes, that they originally sold as lifetime subscriptions, they still seemingly begrudgingly support them it seems like since they don't want to suffer the brand backlash. And that product needs constant updates that cost TiVo money, the catalogues. This product could most likely run all on its own with the servers replaced at no cost to them!