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No, just until it's no longer commercially valuable, defined by when they're willing to release all of their source code for both client and server.
by josephcsible 3y ago
No, just until it's no longer commercially valuable, defined by when they're willing to release all of their source code for both client and server.
- bookofjoe 3y agoSo Apple should do this for iPhones/iPads/Macs that can no longer be updated? Full disclosure: I have MANY such devices.
- cynicalsecurity 3y agoYes, they should.
- bookofjoe 3y agoI have a perfectly functioning 2004 aluminum PowerBook G4 15" that could no longer receive software updates after Mac OS 10.4.2 in 2005: [https://support.apple.com/kb/DL461?locale=en_US https://support.apple.com/kb/DL461?locale=en_US] It's pretty much a paperweight at this point.
- sumuyuda 3y agoThe bootloaders should also be unlocked once the software updates stop so users can continue to use the hardware they purchased.
- Farbklex 3y agoThis. If it's end of life, let me install a community made Linux distro on it.
- themoonisachees 3y agoOf course they should. The alternative is sending otherwise perfectly capable devices to the landfill. Companies should be required to release everything a costumer needs to build and use a new update for their own device or software after EOL. This means source code for relevant servers and clients, signing keys, device communication tools, the whole lot.
- ginko 3y agoYes, definitely