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Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by quijoteuniv on Thursday January 08, 2026 @11:05AM (#46542600)
This is the way! (And should be the law, maybe enforced by mandalorians taking greedy CEOs!)
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Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by shrubby on Thursday January 08, 2026 @11:35AM (#46543052)
Yup. All the "bricked" cars should have their service software opened. All the old iPads that have perfectly good hardware.

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Planet is burning and the zillionaires have enough zillions already so I vouch for the Mando too.

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Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by platevoltage on Thursday January 08, 2026 @05:30PM (#46547416)
All cars period should have their service software freely available. I shouldn't need to hunt down software on a Russian torrent site to help someone figure out why their ABS light is on.
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