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Re:Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to... by EvanAnderson on Friday February 10, 2023 @12:40PM (#34742981)
While I agree that this sound nice this will virtually guarantee DRM-encumbered features of devices reaching their legally-required unlock date will be set to fail immediately. That'll force those devices to become e-waste anyway. No more streaming videos, no more using your bank's app, etc.
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Re:Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to... by RainaRelanah on Friday February 10, 2023 @01:39PM (#34743802)
I miss the days when computing was focused on trying to protect the user from developers. These days it's more and more protecting the developer from the users.
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Re:Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to... by mouse_ on Friday February 10, 2023 @02:02PM (#34744107)
I can still use my bank's "app" (read: web site) and stream videos on my desktop, which has an entirely unlocked bootloader.
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Re:Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to... by EvanAnderson on Friday February 10, 2023 @03:06PM (#34745034)
That's coming. Just wait.
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Re:Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to... by stuaxo on Friday February 10, 2023 @05:12PM (#34746677)
See Windows on ARM based PCs.
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Re:Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to... by Teever on Friday February 10, 2023 @02:53PM (#34744837)
Sounds like you've stumbled on another thing we need to regulate.

We should do this sort of iterative thought experiment w.r.t. regulations all the time.

It's sort of like compiling a big package of code. Just keep trying to compile and fixing the errors that come up until it compiles.

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Re:Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to... by kortilla on Friday February 10, 2023 @05:54PM (#34747129)
Yes, regulating everything someone doesn’t like has a long storied history of success.
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Re:Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to... by Teever on Sunday February 12, 2023 @10:58AM (#34763797)
Do you feel that the level of regulation that we have in the tech sector is sufficient?

Why/why not?

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