• Zachariah@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    We need a law that companies provide device owners root access for every end of life device.

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      2 months ago

      I think medical device manufacturers should have to support their products for some definite length of time—maybe 10 years?—or not be allowed to make devices at all

    • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      Yes! Exactly. I buy, I own. That’s what it SHOULD be.

      Phones are the worst example. Pay 1500 moneyz and still it’s not yours. You may only use it in the way they want you to. Ugh.