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They were lemons at time of sale, though, we just didn't know it yet. Between that and the ecosystem/society argument, I think it's a no-brainer. > However, ho
by eropple 7y ago
They were lemons at time of sale, though, we just didn't know it yet. Between that and the ecosystem/society argument, I think it's a no-brainer.
> However, how would you feel about legislation that required five years of dealer service to be included with every automobile sale? Or other products in a similar vein?
This analogy doesn't work for me; software bugs are defects, they aren't something getting old and falling apart. I think that a defect in an automobile should be repaired at manufacturer expense whether it's a year old or twenty.
- __jal 7y agoThe operative difference is that intelligent adversaries are not coming up with new and better methods of making your bumper fall off. The economics of providing 5 years of defensive patching on a $100 device simply does not work.
- crankylinuxuser 7y agoThen maybe they shouldn't be able to make a profit on doing society wrong in the medium or long term.
- snuxoll 7y agoMaybe they need to stop shipping a dozen different $100 models with wildly different specifications and come up with a common platform to reduce support costs, like most other industries. Support costs increase as fragmentation does, it things sold at a reasonable price and without dozens of variations it would be more feasible to maintain longer supported life cycles - but these companies have no incentive to think beyond the next quarter’s earnings call.
- aaron_m04 7y ago> The operative difference is that intelligent adversaries are not coming up with new and better methods of making your bumper fall off. Not yet.