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Re:Farmers are hacking their tractors because of a repair ba... by imglorp on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @07:17PM (#22489668)
Why? Just to single source the camera?
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Re:Farmers are hacking their tractors because of a repair ba... by rootusrootus on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @08:05PM (#22489951)
Yes, to preserve the income from selling the cameras, to pay for the R&D.
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Re:Farmers are hacking their tractors because of a repair ba... by rasz on Thursday March 05, 2020 @02:37PM (#22497242)
What about proprietary PMIC? https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=238779#p1... MxL7704-R3/MxL7704-R4 are custom single client versions of the common chip, Apple does the same thing with Charger ICs.
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Re:Farmers are hacking their tractors because of a repair ba... by imglorp on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @11:15PM (#22490907)
Just speaking for myself, I'd rather pay a dollar or two more for an unencumbered Pi than have any restrictions on how I can use it.
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