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by sneak 1279 days ago
The software is proprietary and is governed by the license. It's not the hardware.
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EMIRELADERO 1279 days ago
Can't wait for a court to toss that particular one out. "Consumers who purchase a product containing a copy of embedded software have the inherent legal right to use that copy of the software" (Chamberlain v. Skylink)
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sneak 1279 days ago
The drivers are not embedded in the hardware. They are gigabytes of additional downloads.
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EMIRELADERO 1278 days ago
They are required to use the hardware however. They also come with Windows by default.
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