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No: the root of the matter is that it has to be "technically feasible", which with proprietary software you can't ever prove. This was a special case because th
by parliament32 6y ago
No: the root of the matter is that it has to be "technically feasible", which with proprietary software you can't ever prove. This was a special case because they already showed it was possible (it was working), then they took it away.
- emn13 6y agoEven here, if they reaaaaalllly cared (and had good reasons to, other than "we want to lock in customers"), they probably could take the feature away - they'd just need to play the CYA game much better, and be willing to risk a hefty fine based on whether a court believes your reasons for technical infeasibility. After all, not everything that was technically feasible stays so in a changing environment. Another think they can do is just try occasionally, and see if people give up.