• puppinstuff@lemmy.ca
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    11 hours ago

    This is a product that didn’t need to be built. Since it has, I’m at least pleased there are efforts to keep them from being relegated to landfills.

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      8 hours ago

      I feel like there should be a law to release the bits we need to support these efforts.

      Too many times a product will die or a company will fold along with all its documentation.

      Maybe release a final firmware opening up a product. Or at the very least a git repo with api documentation.

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      11 hours ago

      Imagine having a thing like that but with a touch screen. Like, a rectangular assistant you can always carry with you! Oh, wait…

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        10 hours ago

        There should be efforts to ensure it never happens again. All companies who abandon products or services should be forced to open source all associated code.

        Why should greedy narcissists be allowed to waste humanities finite resources on their limp dick get-rich-quick schemes and failures?