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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by pryelluw on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @07:09PM (#29988079)
Can’t imagine buying a spoon that will only work with Campbell’s soul.

Of course, some tech bro will say that their spoon2.0 is specially engineered for the best soup flavor …

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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by makeitdouble on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @09:25PM (#29989125)
That's a different debate IMO. Not so long ago we had external storage that only worked with Sony products. We now have headphones that only work with Apple phones.

Exclusivity always existed at weird levels, here the issue would be more about having the option to freeze/protect a product's software state to get out of the update treadmill.

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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by xvector on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @04:42AM (#29991666)
> We now have headphones that only work with Apple phones.

AirPods can be used with any phone just fine.

Engineering work has been done to make them to integrate deeply into Apple's OSes, but you can definitely use them on any phone.

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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by makeitdouble on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @06:12PM (#30001839)
I was thinking about the wired lightning ones.

If we’re speaking wireless accessories I would have gone with the watch.

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