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This is great. I think Carmack calls out a huge issue with lots of hardware these days: Once software servers are shut down and a company moves on, lots of ha
by darknavi 5y ago
This is great. I think Carmack calls out a huge issue with lots of hardware these days:
Once software servers are shut down and a company moves on, lots of hardware is essentially bricked.
I really wish this was more common.
- VRay 5y agoYeah, I hope something similar happens for the Quest, but I'm not going to hold my breath.. Zuck spent all that money buying Oculus because he wants his own iPhone platform that he can rule with an iron fist
- caslon 5y agoIf nothing else, they already don't stop you from flashing earlier versions of the Quest firmware, and some of them were actively exploitable. If there's any demand for something of that nature, I'm sure someone will figure it out.
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- pwdisswordfish0 5y agoYesterday: https://spectrum.ieee.org/we-need-software-updates-forever https://spectrum.ieee.org/we-need-software-updates-forever https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28625453 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28625453
- grishka 5y agoOnce you've bought a device, it should not be technically possible for the manufacturer or seller to control your continued use of it in any way whatsoever. If it needs servers, the addresses and the public keys for those should be configurable by the end user. That simple. This should be a law.