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Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by intopieces on Saturday January 18, 2020 @01:03PM (#22085879)
What is the guarantee that FOSS electronic equipment will survive any longer? Just because someone could support it doesn’t mean someone will, right?
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Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by dasil003 on Saturday January 18, 2020 @01:40PM (#22086125)
As with all of life there is no guarantee.

The difference is that with FOSS anyone in the world with the skills and the disposition can help maintain a thing. With closed systems you are always at the mercy of a single bean counter somewhere.

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Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by tomc1985 on Saturday January 18, 2020 @04:31PM (#22087394)
And why do these things need support? If you build them with open standards and protocols they will continue to work until they break, no support required
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