Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them

Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by astrange on Thursday January 08, 2026 @08:04PM (#46548828)

You can't release all the documentation just because the entire phone isn't supported. Many of the components come from other suppliers and aren't obsolete, and you can't just reveal all your suppliers' IP.

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Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by prmoustache on Friday January 09, 2026 @04:31AM (#46551829)

You could if you had a tiny bit of respect for your customers and obtained the necessary licenses to do so.

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Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by astrange on Friday January 09, 2026 @05:13AM (#46552154)

I don't think anyone has ever accused, say, Qualcomm of having respect for their customers. Much less someone else's customers.

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Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by actionfromafar on Friday January 09, 2026 @05:08AM (#46552117)

They don't have to - just give an option to unlock the device when it's EOL.

It's not a security problem, since they don't support it anylonger anyways!

They could even make it so, that iOS itself refuses to boot if the device is unlocked. That way you can't accidentally have an iOS running that's compromised in some way.

But you can still boot Linux or Android or whatever you want to do to it.

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