• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Exactly, and this should be the case in other industries as well. For example:

    • phones - don’t lock the bootloader and don’t lock to a network if I own it
    • cars - don’t give me hardware that requires a software unlock if I own it
    • computers, appliances, etc - don’t prevent manufacturers from selling parts to products I own (right to repair)

    And so on. If you’re going to sell me a product, I should be able to whatever I want with it, whenever I want, with no artificial restrictions or control by the manufacturer or rights holder. This should probably extend to DRM as well, though I’m okay with a lockout period (e.g. DRM will be removed X years after sale, or a contracted full refund).

    If companies don’t want to actually sell products, they should be honest and lease them.

    • ɔiƚoxɘup@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      …And charge pennies on the dollar!

      Or, as soon as the mfgrs stop making parts for my car, I should get a refund of a certain amount of the purchase price of the car.

      When my phone goes out of support, I get a refund of %x of the cost. The mfgrs can keep the money in the mean time and earn interest.

      Disincentivise planned obsolescence.