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Just opensource the firmware and redirect the update url.
by clwg 2y ago
Just opensource the firmware and redirect the update url.
- wmf 2y agoThat doesn't set a good precedent though. The community shouldn't be expected to carry every IoT device.
- doubled112 2y agoMaybe not, but it'd be nice to have the option. Wouldn't it?
- wmf 2y agoIf you as a user want third-party firmware usually you can jailbreak and install it yourself (especially if the original firmware has zero security). If we allow a vendor to choose to make "the community" responsible for their firmware, almost every vendor will choose that as quickly as possible (e.g. one year).
- OtomotO 2y agoThat's why in sane countries there is jurisdiction to deal with that. If you leave capitalism unchecked it will fuck you as hard as any other system.
- rbetts 2y agoThis assumes that vendors have IP rights to open source the firmware, which seems unlikely. Presumably there are third party commercial components they don't have rights to publish. A rule like this essentially forbids closed source software. (Which, hey, might be a good thing... but then just mandate that directly and outlaw closed source software licensing.)