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The aggressively closed & closed-minded behavior of Shimano, their active legal pursuit of anyone else using the abundant data here, turndd me off incredible fr
by rektide 4y ago
The aggressively closed & closed-minded behavior of Shimano, their active legal pursuit of anyone else using the abundant data here, turndd me off incredible from the company. One example: forcing Hammerhead Karoo to remove support.
https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/05/shimano-forces-hammerhead-to-remove-all-di2-related-functionality-from-karoo.html https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/05/shimano-forces-hammerhea... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31604152 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31604152 (257 points, 2mo ago, 333 comments)
Bikes are such a pure & free thing. Im also a computer lover, but computers are so easy to misuse for control & constraint, to obstruct involvement. It's so sad to see bicycles- a symbol of freedom & personal choice, one where standard(-ish) parts has long been a thing- fall sway to the darker corporatistic evils computing alas so often can encumber the planet with. Di2 is a defiler of spirit.
- lxe 4y agoHammerhead got bought by SRAM, which is the primary competitor of Shimano. It made sense for Shimano to remove support.
- dabeeeenster 4y agoAs a customer of both, it really didn't.
- charles_kaw 4y ago>It made sense for Shimano to remove support But, they didn't remove support. They demanded a 3rd party who had reversed their protocol remove support. They actually put legal work in to put an end to someone else's technical work. A reasonable response would be to say "use at your own risk" and refuse to put any resources to supporting the 3rd party.
- rektide 4y agoThanks! Good job calibrating. Yup!