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Unfortunately, this sort of attitude is not unheard of among proprietary software vendors - see for example FTDI bricking your hardware if they think it's count
by kees99 9y ago
Unfortunately, this sort of attitude is not unheard of among proprietary software vendors - see for example FTDI bricking your hardware if they think it's counterfeit:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8493849 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8493849
- IntronExon 9y agoWouldn’t that be downright illegal? Moreover, someone bricking my hardware would inspire me to forcefully return said “brick” to them, through their nearest window.
- draugadrotten 9y agoWouldn’t that be downright illegal? Moreover, someone breaking my windows would inspire me to forcefully discuss said behaviour with them, with their nearest brick.
- IntronExon 9y agoTotally illegal, but while I would feel like tossing something through their window, I would never do it. If only this company had as much of a moral compass!
- alyandon 9y agoAnd as a side effect to that story - I recently needed to purchase a USB to RS232 adapter to program a router and I went explicitly out of my way to make sure the adapter I purchased didn't use an FTDI chip. FTDI is a name I won't be forgetting anytime soon.
- mariuolo 9y ago> FTDI bricking your hardware if they think it's counterfeit It's not quite the same thing. Their driver does things that work with the original hardware. If a different chip uses the same USB ID, they're asking for trouble. (of course good faith is unlikely in this case)