I maintain that governments should require any company that bricks a device via software should ALSO foot the bill of recycling it, if not more bbc.com/news/technology-5358…

Google offers refunds after smart glasses stop working

The North Focals smart glasses will lose all special features, but customers will get refunds.

bbc.com

Jul 30, 2020 · 2:25 AM UTC

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Replying to @internetofshit @stephenrwalli
They should always give people the tools to reflash them with whatever software they want.
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Or make it open source, if they go bancrupt.
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Would be nice. Think about requiring the same of everything in life. How do we recycle polyester shirts again? They should be (1) PETE but they're not.
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Just make a comprehensive eWaste program already. Pay for the recycling up-front, and it won't matter.
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Replying to @internetofshit @SirCB85
Excuse me? Any company that intentionally bricks a consumer product should be liable for a) the full purchase price or b) the price of a current equally specced device, at the consumers choice. Thats the minimum level of consumer protection to even consider.
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Mandatory open source firmware. Or keep it locked up in a library until discontinued and then released by govt.
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Stadia's fate
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they shouldn't build smart garbage in first place
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Replying to @internetofshit @vexwerewolf
there's got to be some consumer protection law against remote deactivation, because you've bought something, for money, and now the manufacturer's decided it no longer works. imagine that happening to your car "can't come in to work today, Ford decided my car is unsupported"
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Kids, always be a LATE adopter. #OldSkoolForTheWin #BasicFunctionFirst
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