@pluralistic points out that
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@pluralistic points out that
"a manufacturer can sell you a device and then mandatorily update it at a later date to take away its functionality, and then sell that functionality back to you as a “subscription”
And then gives example after example after example, etc of how this keeps happening.
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@pluralistic points out that
"a manufacturer can sell you a device and then mandatorily update it at a later date to take away its functionality, and then sell that functionality back to you as a “subscription”
And then gives example after example after example, etc of how this keeps happening.
@elasticsoul @pluralistic and sometimes as the laws are they might even be forced to do so, saying bad intentions are not even necessary. Popular example is the quarrel between Nikon and Red during their patent conflict.
Most of them have bad intentions though.
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