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Re:I've never felt less in control of my own hardware by dageshi on Saturday February 17, 2018 @12:07AM (#16399156)
When the primary purpose of the device/application/product requires a connection to the internet in order to fulfill its primary purpose.

If it can't do its job at all without an internet connection then denying functionality if you don't update is entirely reasonable in my book. If it can do its primary job without an internet connection then no it's not.

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Re:I've never felt less in control of my own hardware by jimmies on Saturday February 17, 2018 @10:16AM (#16401016)
That two can be decoupled. As the Google Maps example illustrated, there are ways/reasons that the app isn't updated, yet it still has an internet connection. The iPhone 4 is stopped at iOS 7, and most apps nowadays require iOS 9.

I think an one-month-old app that refuses to work is a bit too much.

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Re:I've never felt less in control of my own hardware by dageshi on Saturday February 17, 2018 @11:30AM (#16401358)
I'll be honest, I don't. A lot of apps fall into the category of "Glorified website with better performance because it's native", I don't have a problem with a website downloading a new version of itself every time I open it, same with apps frequently updating. It seems like a complete non issue to me.
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