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Some LED bulb manufacturers are now using code to force owners to use only original-branded consumables, to prevent owners from getting service from third parti
by cs702 10y ago
Some LED bulb manufacturers are now using code to force owners to use only original-branded consumables, to prevent owners from getting service from third parties, and to limit features to those that benefit the manufacturer, at the owner's expense. Example: http://boingboing.net/2015/12/14/philips-pushes-lightbulb-firmw.html http://boingboing.net/2015/12/14/philips-pushes-lightbulb-fi...
These LED bulbs are not really owned; they are "licensed."
- DougMerritt 10y agoThe current article also mentions this subject: > It's been less than a year since Philips pushed out a firmware update that gave its light fixtures the ability to detect and reject non-Philips lightbulbs -- and thanks to laws like the DMCA, which have metastasized in the IoT era, it's a potential felony to alter your light fixture to override this behavior and force it to work with non-Philips bulbs.