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by clwg 573 days ago
Just opensource the firmware and redirect the update url.
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wmf 573 days ago
That doesn't set a good precedent though. The community shouldn't be expected to carry every IoT device.
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doubled112 573 days ago
Maybe not, but it'd be nice to have the option. Wouldn't it?
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wmf 573 days ago
If you as a user want third-party firmware usually you can jailbreak and install it yourself (especially if the original firmware has zero security). If we allow a vendor to choose to make "the community" responsible for their firmware, almost every vendor will choose that as quickly as possible (e.g. one year).
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OtomotO 573 days ago
That's why in sane countries there is jurisdiction to deal with that.

If you leave capitalism unchecked it will fuck you as hard as any other system.

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rbetts 573 days ago
This assumes that vendors have IP rights to open source the firmware, which seems unlikely. Presumably there are third party commercial components they don't have rights to publish.

A rule like this essentially forbids closed source software. (Which, hey, might be a good thing... but then just mandate that directly and outlaw closed source software licensing.)

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