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It's very simple, actually: Products that are connected to the internet directly or indirectly need updates forever. Products that are not connected to the in
by WA 5y ago
It's very simple, actually:
Products that are connected to the internet directly or indirectly need updates forever.
Products that are not connected to the internet could keep the same software version.
- viraptor 5y ago> Products that are connected to the internet directly or indirectly need updates forever. Are you prepared to buy that product with the infinite amount of billed work hours included in the price? If not, where do you expect those wages to be paid from?
- selfhoster11 5y agoThat's taken care of by parent's second paragraph - if you're not comfortable with supporting a device indefinitely, make it offline.
- lbriner 5y agoWhat if you want to build a phone handset that you don't want to support forever? It has to be online but there is no realistic way the original hardware will support continuous upgrades, even my Samsung S8, which is hardly ancient, is already slow (for reasons unknown) and will not survive very long.
- viraptor 5y agoYou're basically suggesting no internet or networks, ever. No company will agree to perpetual support of anything. It's not practical or financially viable to do so.