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> But I am wondering why the author does not value his personal time. Maybe, because it is fun reverse engineering stuff?

• submeta 5y ago
  I agree. I like tinkering myself. But then why mention avoiding spending a hundred dollars for a new device, but spending a couple of hours as if those hours are worth less than said amount of money.
  • adamauckland 5y ago
    I'm not sure if you're trying to be funny for jokes, but we all know you don't get paid for hours which you can't bill, so...
  • yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
    "Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."
  • rgj 5y ago
    Out of principle maybe?
  • A_non_e-moose 5y ago
    Should customers of a product be forced to either spend 100$ for a new product and generate more ewaste, or tinker with their device leaving it in an unsupported perhaps even out of warranty state? Maybe some people are happy with either option, but it sure is unethical to force that choice, especially when all the effort it could have taken from the manufacturer was to add a boolean flag. I'd complain too, not everyone is in the same situation, and this is dodgy behavior anyway regardless of me liking the workarounds or not, simply having to workaround is bad enough in principle.