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FTC urged to make smart devices say how long they will be supported (arstechnica.com)
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[–] coconutking 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is a commendable goal; though it would still rely on good faith that a lot of these companies won’t have.

They’d rather screw the users anyway, sell the IP and let it rot within the maws of some holding company.

We’ll need some clauses that the tech cannot go inactive as it trades hands as well.

Further, some teeth will be needed toward feature deactivation, as there’s nothing stopping a company from yanking features and packaging it up as efficiencies made or product evolution.