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 @aral at this point basically all my projects are stalling due to lack of funding... And since #NUCbook and other projects go against #SurveillanceCapitalism, #PlannedObsolescence and/or other #Rentseeking they won't get funded. 12 comments
@aral AFAIK that is still a company in existance... And @snazzyq went to their offices... @aral @snazzyq To my defense, when #Intel announced that they want to cancel the #NUC production I kindly asked them if they want to FLOSS the #UCFF form factor details further and offered to rename the project if they found the name infringing... So far, my ticket [Case #:05916086] has yet to be replied to by Intel at all... But TBH, IDK if #modbook is still #trademark'd anywhere and I've not seen any reason to search for that term given the fact that I was aware of the #modbook and thus wanted to avoid people from mistaking it for something else... Tho nothing would prevent you from going the same route that #SnazzyLabs did and shove a #MacMini PCB inside... @kkarhan @aral
And just out of curiosity - why is a project that is supposed to be against #SurveillanceCapitalism being hosted on a site that undoubtedly belongs to #SurveillanceCapitalism ? Well, unless we exclude (for convenience? Because not for lack of other options) #microsoft from it.... @aral I guess you do want to see some structure that fosters innovation outside the direct and imminent profit motive...  @aZa1905 @aral Close but not quite. Now granted, @frameworkcomputer is the closest to it if you want to get something you can buy right now. Personally I just want to find something that is more flexible and repairable, using standard parts wherever possible and having basic features like toolfree-swappable batteries... Because I won't buy any device without that feature... @kkarhan @aral @frameworkcomputer i don't think you will See something in that direction in the next 20-30 years. Because why? Companies make more money with selling you the repair than they male with the Laptops probably. Either you have to pay A LOT of money (like with framework IMO, or it just isnt useful to the greedy companies. I would be very happy to be wrong though. @aZa1905 @aral @frameworkcomputer that is iterally the problem: There is neither incentive nor penatly for being [un-]sustainable.. That's why Apple is selling their devices with #ReducedLifecycle by design with soldered-down #RAM, #SSDs and #Batteries, and both of the latter WILL INEVITABLY FAIL OVER TIME AND USE!!!  |
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@kkarhan I hear you.
PS. Has anyone taken the name Modbook, yet? ;)