alt Hacker NewsThere should be a limit for ten years that manufacturer was allowed to restrict access to their devices. After ten years has gone, manufacturers should be required to publish software to help owners jailbreak their devices. Think about it. All game consoles and cell phones in use today will be bricked in ten years from now if they are not jailbroken.
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You're not thinking capitalistically enough. It's part of the State of Things (tm) to have purchased things come and go. One day you can use them and another they are gone. Just as in nature, would you be surprised if you took a tomato and it stopped being good after a few weeks? Well, software is a bit like a tomato actually.
So yeah, pay us to give you "Super Mario NES Remake HD 2.1 Lite Remix Classic Super 4K Director's Cut" for just $169.99.
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I like the idea of all computing devices being legally-required to have a button that wipes the device and unlocks the bootloader and everything. That way, 1) company secrets are kept safe, but you can still commandeer the hardware you own when you wish, and 2) access to forensic data on stolen devices is still restricted.