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I am just a bitch who rants on the internet, not a public policy expert. I suspect that it would end up needing some sort of legislation solution because device manufacturers both don't want their old recycled devices continuing to work, and thus, meaning their users can continue to use them longer without replacing them. Also, they might insist on having some waivers of liability after they EOL so users don't come suing them for support or whatever.
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@JessTheUnstill big public database with repurposing cookbooks would be great. I bet there's 12 of them in varying states of decay. Put 'em all together and call it Amalgamated Abandonware. @JessTheUnstill @quantumg @VATVSLPR @JessTheUnstill reasonable 😆 If every tech product had to have a declared support schedule (written on the box, as it were) you could imagine service-oriented junk winning, but also consumers who will only buy zero-service products.  I very much like this idea of a law forcing manufacturers to provide unlock facilities for devices with built-in computing power upon end of support. 🤔 "Waiver of liability" is clearly needed. But that translates to "the unlock facilities don't work". This will be nontrivial to codify... |
@JessTheUnstill I too am a bitch on the Internet. 🤣 There's one called Human-I-T that was clearly named by someone's nerdy Dad, that is mostly focused on recycling computers, tablets and phones. Then there's Good Ol' Games and competitors that are all about keeping cultural artifacts available for future generations. Most IoT junk feels like it never should have been made in the first place.. but I love cheap crap.