• connelhooley@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Although this is obviously a step in the right direction it needs to be followed up with security updates, no point increasing the life of the hardware without doing the same for the software.

      • hackeryarn@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Yes! That would be the best. We should have access to our hardware. And just like most things you want to keep around for a long time (e.g. cars) you will have to tinker with it to keep it running smoothly into old age.

      • Aras@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        I hope you mean, always make it possible to unlock the bootloader offline (to not be dependent on them). There are good security reasons to have it locked by default.

        • Emerald_Earth@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Yes. No more of that unlock code nonsense. Even Fairphone has an online bootloader unlocking process. I hate it.

    • PlutoParty@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      While it is certainly nice to have continued support, I think I’d disagree that forcing companies to maintain software on legacy/outdated hardware is something that should be legislated. I think that would greatly stifle innovation in a lot of cases.