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Yeah, that would suck. But it wouldn't be a slippery slope toward the end of clothing as we know it. I would simply avoid that manufacturer of shirts and be o
by capote 11y ago
Yeah, that would suck. But it wouldn't be a slippery slope toward the end of clothing as we know it. I would simply avoid that manufacturer of shirts and be optimistic that shirts wouldn't explode again.
Also, my point isn't that it specifically wouldn't work without support. It's just to say that we haven't yet gotten a reason for why they're doing this, and we can't know for sure it's a bad reason.
Come on guys, do you really thing these guys have malicious intent to screw you over?
- Dylan16807 11y agoThings can be unacceptable without being slippery slopes. And nobody loses if such products are made illegal. I don't know where I would go for a comprehensive list of all things that exist. But most software does not require outside support to run; allowing you to use old software almost forever is the backbone of windows. And outside of DIVX machines and John Deere tractors, just about every physical device works perfectly well without manufacturer support.
- mcphage 11y ago> Come on guys, do you really thing these guys have malicious intent to screw you over? No, they probably just don't give a fuck about their former customers.
- capote 11y agoIf they don't give a fuck, then why are they going out of their way to disable their devices? Wouldn't not giving a fuck entail just dropping support?
- mcphage 11y agoWhen you depend on a backend service, dropping support is disabling their devices, the rest is just bookkeeping.
- capote 11y agoSo you're saying they shouldn't drop support? That's absurd, a company has every right to drop active support. If they're not profitable, want to start a new business, or for whatever reason, they're not obligated to work for any reason.
- mcphage 11y ago> That's absurd, a company has every right to drop active support. Well, barring any service level agreements they might have made when advertising or selling the products. But I'm not saying whether they should or shouldn't drop support, I'm saying that doing so indicates they don't care about the users of their product.
- imtringued 11y ago>Come on guys, do you really thing these guys have malicious intent to screw you over? Obviously they want to forcibly sell you their latest products.
- capote 11y agoIt's this harsh language I'm trying to point out is unnecessary. They're literally not forcibly doing anything. They're just doing bad business practice, and that's bad, but it won't change the future or doom us all. Tons of companies do dirty business tactics.