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google is discontinuing support for first-generation nest thermostats. it is ti… | |
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@peterpur "Looks like you are trying to make people abandon IOT en masse.&… | |
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@peterpur Or mandate a reduced support period of, say 20 years, like motoir man… | |
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@peterpur That would be nice, but this government isn't going to do that, a… | |
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@dethe well, maybe not your government (wherever that is) but it would definite… | |
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@peterpur do not buy devices that are not open and doesn't have good moddin… | |
Post #AtY0Wz1DTiXOn0kVIu by [email protected] | |
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@peterpur FWIW, this factors into my choice of products. I trust brands that c… | |
Post #AtY0Ymk45rMnIFaO7U by [email protected] | |
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@peterpur Yuuuuup. I'm never buying anything that doesn't simply plug i… | |
Post #AtY0aX9f180pWuOM0e by [email protected] | |
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@peterpur after my (& the rest of the world's) recent experience with t… | |
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@ronanmcd i removed almost all google from my life, as much as possible, with t… | |
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@peterpur this is weird to me when you consider that Google has open-sourced ob… | |
Post #AtY0eHo61QCv5V5vFI by [email protected] | |
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@peterpur Absolutely agree and think that this should apply to all tech. If the… | |
Post #AtY0eHvBb3sXRUPaIS by [email protected] | |
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@SynAck @peterpur This has already happened with vision and cochlear implants.h… | |
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@SynAck @peterpur https://www.sapiens.org/culture/planned-obsolescence-cochlear… | |
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@peterpur Good point. I was thinking the US "government" but I live i… | |
Post #AtY0fPsRVFHEPFfNjs by [email protected] | |
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@peterpur old school thermostats don't need software updates. | |
Post #AtY0ffj6ZjJZYvQ9PE by [email protected] | |
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@peterpur I bought a drobo years ago, they should have open source the software… | |
Post #AtY0ffpqAghbtoZWu8 by [email protected] | |
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@rabaz that is indeed the result. or, as bruce sterling once said, we will cove… | |
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@rabaz i‘m at the point where i never buy anything if it makes the impression… | |
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@rabaz ps: i bought a TV when the only decent TVs on the market were »smart TV… | |
Post #AtY0fg7v5TAEnt1y5I by [email protected] | |
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@peterpur @rabazThat's why they are rolling out 5G. To make mobile communic… | |
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@peterpur They did that with Gloogle Stadia. The controller was closed source, … | |
Post #AtY0lL3SLT9TBgdrMG by [email protected] | |
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@peterpur Please extend this to smartphones: Locked bootloaders shouldn't b… | |
Post #AtY0oZmk2CDDk3Mqi8 by [email protected] | |
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@peterpur if it was my decision, #SmartHome stuff would've a legally mandat… | |
Post #AtY0tC6pUMDVlAxvjE by [email protected] | |
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@peterpur or just make them locally accessible in the first place. | |
Post #AtY10QfNlO38w4Zqme by [email protected] | |
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@peteriskrisjanis while that is a nice solution of people who can ride these de… | |
Post #AtY11cy3VsxLNPsoAC by [email protected] | |
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@peterpur Like my Google clips and Adam tablet | |
Post #AtY14u3ORaqREkwRAO by [email protected] | |
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@su_liam @peterpur yeah, this is exactly what I was thinking about when I made … | |
Post #AtY17gRnUMZ5uFgM5I by [email protected] | |
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@peterpur That is actually part of the EU's #CyberResilienceAct #CRA, but u… | |
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@peterpur absolutely agree, whilst nuanced as to whos going to keep it up to da… | |
Post #AtY1RXZUCP9cAZkNTU by [email protected] | |
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@hoco @peterpur This is EXACTLY the way I feel about my ecobee thermostat. Scre… | |
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@peterpur True. Equally important, in case the vendor goes bankrupt/closes down… | |
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@peterpur it's getting easier to do this now as alternatives come on stream… | |
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@peterpur A lesson for every would-be buyer. | |
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@peterpur I think that this would ideally come with some sort of escrow system … | |
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@peterpur There's a long-standing model for this: a software escrow. When m… | |
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@peterpur I remember when houses had thermostats that lasted the lifetime of th… |