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Re:The PinePhone could bring the Linux mobile ecosystem to life by fsflover on Monday June 14, 2021 @03:58PM (#27507499)
This is the question of security, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27387169.

> How would the law define ‘support ends’?

Whenever the company refuses to fix security bugs.

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Re:The PinePhone could bring the Linux mobile ecosystem to life by zepto on Monday June 14, 2021 @04:27PM (#27507861)
What if they don’t refuse - but are just slow or inefficient or produce bad fixes?
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Re:The PinePhone could bring the Linux mobile ecosystem to life by fsflover on Monday June 14, 2021 @04:48PM (#27508104)
There exist more or less standard times for fixing security bugs. Let's say 90 days. If a company cannot provide security for their customers in a reasonable time, they must be held accountable.
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Re:The PinePhone could bring the Linux mobile ecosystem to life by zepto on Monday June 14, 2021 @04:56PM (#27508198)
Sure - typically the remedy for negligence would be compensation for the impact.

Seizing property at gunpoint doesn’t seem related to this.

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