Solutions that mandate companies to continuously actively maintain software can't and won't work. Even if they have to set aside a budget, they could obey the l

Solutions that mandate companies to continuously actively maintain software can't and won't work. Even if they have to set aside a budget, they could obey the letter of the law and fail to do this, no matter how the law is framed. If we're going to make a mandate, it should be that the firmware for any device you refuse to maintain must be open-sourced and made available to the public. This way, if anyone cares to keep the device running, they can, even if the company goes out of business