[zanny]

> but there's no other alternative if reliability and idiot-proofing matters.

But that is my whole point - there is. We can need market pressure that it is unacceptable to sell computer hardware whose controlling software's source is undisclosed.

There is no solution for this user, but settling for broken implementations and broken libraries is the stuff of the Windows world where everyone behaves like a baby who refuses to share their toys.

This isn't Facebook or any consumer proprietary product where the software is the product. This is hardware controlling firmware that is never pretty or sexy and whose implementation is not a trade secret or the difference between selling units.