From d190d7cc0f6740e966a1c56d702d7569ca958c8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arnav Bhatt Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 01:15:20 +0530 Subject: Artificial software-level lockdowns --- articles/artificial-software-level-lockdowns.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'articles') diff --git a/articles/artificial-software-level-lockdowns.md b/articles/artificial-software-level-lockdowns.md index dd818d0..0c21d28 100644 --- a/articles/artificial-software-level-lockdowns.md +++ b/articles/artificial-software-level-lockdowns.md @@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ The consequences of these is similar to irrepairable devices, such as generation While enforcing the laws to make these companies to be less anti-consumer may seem like a good idea at the first glance, it still won't fully fix the problems as they can either try to find the loophole of the laws, follow the laws in half-hearted way which doesn't actually benifit the consumers or outright being prepared to pay the fines for not following the laws without any real consequences being faced. The real solution however, is to have a healthy competition in the market. For example, newer companies like [Framework](https://frame.work/) provide options to consumers to have an more open, repairable hardwares and softwares which runs on it which doesn't suffer from the issues a typical counterpart from an anti-consumer company would face. Not only these companies prove that it is possible to deliver devices which are repairable and open in the modern age but they also force other pre-existing companies to follow the similar suit in order to remain competitive in the market. + +;tags:anti-consumer software +;description:Learn the practises endorced by the tech companies to artifically nerf the capabilities of the hardware of the devices by software. -- cgit v1.2.3