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> One way to start penetrating right-to-repair would be to force device unlocking after ownership, device payed off, and end-of-life classification by the manuf
by AshamedCaptain 2y ago
> One way to start penetrating right-to-repair would be to force device unlocking after ownership, device payed off, and end-of-life classification by the manufacture.
This would really not help much, unless there was some type of PC-like ABI driver standard that could ensure that devices could remain supported in operating systems without having to "support" each device individually. And even then...
> Next step would be for the manufacturers to require publishing open documents for 3rd party support without having to sign a NDA.
I think this is even desirable in the PC world. I do not want AMD publishing drivers for Linux; I want AMD publishing absolutely free and complete specifications, possibly even a reference implementation, and mandated by law.