From b2f89eed066859df7831a4e688bba44529cb20f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arnav Bhatt Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:06:08 +0530 Subject: initial article --- articles/artificial-software-level-lockdowns.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/articles/artificial-software-level-lockdowns.md b/articles/artificial-software-level-lockdowns.md index e4fe364..76bcd6a 100644 --- a/articles/artificial-software-level-lockdowns.md +++ b/articles/artificial-software-level-lockdowns.md @@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ Artificial software-level lockdowns While we are facing the problem of right to repair, we are also facing another problem. The software-level lockdowns are also enforced by the manufacturers artificially which also progresses the planned obsolesence of their devices. Such a serious issue is not heavily looked after by the consumers compared to planned obsolesence through irrepairable devices, which can also affect us in the similar manner. ### Explanation of the term + +The term basically signifies the practise endorced by the big tech corporations to artifically nerf the capabilities of the hardware of the devices by software. This means either not allowing applications which was not "approved" by the manufacturer to run on the device, not allowing the software such as [operating systems to not run on perfectly capable hardwares](https://www.tomsguide.com/news/what-is-a-tpm-and-heres-why-you-need-it-for-windows-11), [providing updates which make the devices worse in terms of functionality](https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/apple-accused-of-deliberately-slowing-down-iphones-with-new-ios-updates-1830419-2021-07-20), [not allowing the consumers to do any sort of modification with their devices](https://9to5google.com/2021/08/24/galaxy-z-fold-3-disables-all-cameras-while-the-bootloader-is-unlocked/), [manufacturers not providing the source codes they use on their softwares which contains license that explicitly says to provide it to the public](https://www.xda-developers.com/mediatek-source-code-release-no-plans/) and much more. -- cgit v1.2.3