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I go by a simple rule: if I can't run it open-source or at least on my own server, it better be cheap enough for me to throw away. I have plenty of closed sourc
by Causality1 7y ago
I go by a simple rule: if I can't run it open-source or at least on my own server, it better be cheap enough for me to throw away. I have plenty of closed source smart outlets but they didn't cost more than ten dollars each. I have an Amazon Echo Dot I got for eighteen dollars on prime day. There's no way I would spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on equipment I don't really control.
- awinter-py 7y agostronger version of this -- every piece of hardware that can't run linux will be bricked or degraded by its manufacturer when they release the new model whoever controls the buildsystem controls the hardware the constant FBI-apple push-pull where the FBI wants apple to release a custom update is a version of this too
- yardie 7y agoThis. If I’m renting tech then charge me the rental rate. But don’t try and ask me to buy something and then tack on a subscription at the end. I’ve never paid retail for Android phones. I have a drawer full of them that have reached the end life far too soon.