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I actually replied for the sake of technical discussion (secure boot is ~1/10 of what a decent DRM should be, and adding the remaining 9/10 is a huge cost for t
by minipci1321 8y ago
I actually replied for the sake of technical discussion (secure boot is ~1/10 of what a decent DRM should be, and adding the remaining 9/10 is a huge cost for the manufacturer).
But since you say:
> I, the owner of the device, ...
I am tempted to ask -- how much would you agree to pay for a phone that is working but will never be able to connect to the network (no 4G and no WiFi)?
- estebank 8y agoThat... is not a phone? It's a pocket computer, isn't it? I could absolutely see a value for such a device, although I don't see why "no WiFi".
- minipci1321 8y agoThen -- back to my question -- would you agree to pay $600 for an iPad of the size of the iPhone, with no network capability?
- exDM69 8y ago> ... phone that is working but will never be able to connect to the network ... If you're implying that devices without locked bootloaders can't connect to RF networks, that's just incorrect. There are lots of devices that aren't locked, and it wasn't a common practice a decade ago.
- gdfasfklshg4 8y agoWhy no WiFi? This makes absolutely no sense at all. 4G is also a pointless restriction. It is illegal to connect a device with the wrong specification to 4G networks already. This does not need to be enforced by DRM it is already enforced by law.