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There is probably a useful life of ~10 years on most types of consumer internet-connected hardware. I doubt these are 10 years old, but it would probably be in
by prpl 4y ago
There is probably a useful life of ~10 years on most types of consumer internet-connected hardware. I doubt these are 10 years old, but it would probably be in everybody’s interest to just say “we’ll support this connecting to the internet and requisite services for 10 years.” - Especially for hardware that could seriously infringe on a persons home privacy.
- ilyt 4y agoThat's why it should be OSS, at the very least code released after vendor decides to stop supporting it. It's of little cost to the company (competitors seeing your 5 or 10 years code is non-issue really, tech went forward enough for that to not matter) but prevents at least some from going to landfill