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Re:Older iPhones Bricked for Being Too Outdated – Locking Us... by dTal on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @06:58AM (#34079506)
That would merely incentivize locking down general purpose devices until they can no longer be considered general purpose. Perhaps by restricting the set of programs that can be installed. Probably you'd end up with some kind of "app store" that... wait...
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Re:Older iPhones Bricked for Being Too Outdated – Locking Us... by eternityforest on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @07:24AM (#34079754)
Just make all remote bricking and all forced updates on devices with a UI illegal outside of safety of life applications.
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Re:Older iPhones Bricked for Being Too Outdated – Locking Us... by kaba0 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @06:12PM (#34087634)
It’s good that there is nothing of that sort happening here.
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Re:Older iPhones Bricked for Being Too Outdated – Locking Us... by eternityforest on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @06:49PM (#34087939)
Is there not a forced update?
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Re:Older iPhones Bricked for Being Too Outdated – Locking Us... by grishka on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @07:11AM (#34079615)
It is a general-purpose device if its official SDK is publicly available and does not require an NDA.
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