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> IIRC, Bunnie (Huang) mentioned how freely data flows in Shenzhen for hardware hacking, versus pulling teeth trying to get data sheets for components from west
by tw04 2y ago
> IIRC, Bunnie (Huang) mentioned how freely data flows in Shenzhen for hardware hacking, versus pulling teeth trying to get data sheets for components from western component makers.
That’s like pointing to torrent sites as proof that US media companies are open to sharing their content.
Most of the hardware details being shared in shenhzen are stolen from western firms that have no way to enforce their IP.
It’s why you can get your iPhone storage upgraded for pennies on the dollar.
- rfoo 2y ago> It’s why you can get your iPhone storage upgraded for pennies on the dollar. ??? How is this related to anything IP? To get your iPhone storage upgraded, you just need to blow off the old NAND Flash and "solder" new ones. Their pinouts are in public standards and every storage vendor in this world uses the same one. And they did this for pennies because, of course, contrary to what Apple wants people to believe, flash storage does not cost much and even with the cost of all the dirty work it's still not much. Or do you mean that they are violating Apple's IP rights by modifying their own devices? That's just... bullshit.