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FTC urged to make smart devices say how long they will be supported
- z3c0 2y agoFocusing on support windows seems to be putting the symptom over the cause. Why not instead focus on the practices that are attempting to gouge customers on the secondhand market, e.g. Pelotons used equipment activation fee?
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- nxicvyvy 2y agoWhy not both?
- willcipriano 2y agoIf the FTC issued a statement that said any support windows that aren't on the box will be assumed to be forever, I could imagine that being used in court to argue that a reasonable person would assume that it is forever, given the government said it was.
- dopylitty 2y agoCountdown until a Texas judge with stock in a corporation decides not only that the FTC can’t issue such statements but that consumers should be forced to buy whatever product the corporation is selling.
- ChrisArchitect 2y agoActual release: https://advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_release/ftc-software-tethering/ https://advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_release/ftc-softw... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41455726 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41455726)