<![CDATA[Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them]]>Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them

If they don’t, the penalty should be that the CEO has to eat the bricked devices

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Amazon upsets ebook lovers by ending support for old Kindle devices

Up to 2m e-readers made before 2013 will no longer be able to download new titles

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the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.uy/users/budin/statuses/116380223656453021https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.uy/users/budin/statuses/116380223656453021Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:41:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:40:49 GMT]]>@kkarhan @thomasfuchs Not forcibly, but eventually every device meets its end.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mihamarkic/statuses/116380221401924516https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mihamarkic/statuses/116380221401924516Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:40:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:35:42 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs @Gargron
Yes, with these tweaks:
1) The law should say they are automatically open on lack of support.
2) Details on opening devices is kept as a wind down plan.

This covers collapsing companies and closing legal entities as well as lazy ones moving on.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/taatm/statuses/116380201313899699https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/taatm/statuses/116380201313899699Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:35:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:30:51 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs and all schematics and documents should be given to states in case the company doesn't survive.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://m.g3l.org/users/mmu_man/statuses/116380182226214037https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://m.g3l.org/users/mmu_man/statuses/116380182226214037Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:30:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:27:20 GMT]]>@brad @thomasfuchs employees say Terry is the best CEO they can remember

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/magnetichuman/statuses/116380168420988891https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/magnetichuman/statuses/116380168420988891Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:27:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:26:00 GMT]]>@mijndert @thomasfuchs And this is why I bought a roomba that isn't connected. It doesn't care about servers shutting down because it doesn't know about the internet.

Old tech is sadly sometimes more reliable.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/karl/statuses/116380163113932356https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/karl/statuses/116380163113932356Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:26:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:11:14 GMT]]>@dnparadice @thomasfuchs I have been trying to 100 percent avoid Amazon, but with a lot of places to buy eBooks from, it's more walled gardens. Kobo requires their own hardware or an Adobe ID. The books I want to buy are rarely available at other sources. I have tried so much, but everything is so complicated and time consuming and in the end I'm not owning my books.
I am back to sailing the high seas and instead of paying publishers I'm donating to the authors directly. If they offer that.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://rollenspiel.social/users/Eatsbluecrayon/statuses/116380105078631061https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://rollenspiel.social/users/Eatsbluecrayon/statuses/116380105078631061Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:11:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:05:49 GMT]]>@mihamarkic @thomasfuchs There's no legitimate reason to almost all devices…

  • We don't EoL pacemakers either!

Kevin Karhan (@kkarhan@jorts.horse)

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io +9001% Same goes for any #copyright|ed material: If the IP holder refuses to #license it anew all #copyrights should be null and void and the #SourceCode be forcibly published under #0BSD!

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jorts.horse (jorts.horse)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://jorts.horse/users/kkarhan/statuses/116380083790503360https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://jorts.horse/users/kkarhan/statuses/116380083790503360Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:05:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:04:43 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs +9001%

Same goes for any |ed material: If the IP holder refuses to it anew all should be null and void and the be forcibly published under !

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://jorts.horse/users/kkarhan/statuses/116380079455752199https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://jorts.horse/users/kkarhan/statuses/116380079455752199Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:04:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:58:49 GMT]]>I think he should insert them as suppositories.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/pkoopmanpk/statuses/116380056249769870https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/pkoopmanpk/statuses/116380056249769870Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:58:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:50:48 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs it would suffice if the law doesn't punish hacking or reverse engineering them. Too many countries have followed the US laws that basically result in "you don't own what you bought". If those disappear, people will find ways to continue using those products.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://androiddev.social/users/luboganev/statuses/116380024704232167https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://androiddev.social/users/luboganev/statuses/116380024704232167Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:50:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:42:48 GMT]]>@smn@l3ib.org @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io

if buying isn't owning…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://app.wafrn.net/fediverse/post/300fb369-ab51-4e98-bdfb-f5dd086e3af5https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://app.wafrn.net/fediverse/post/300fb369-ab51-4e98-bdfb-f5dd086e3af5Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:42:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:31:27 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs Also EOL plan - what exactly happens to the obsolete device (recycling etc.). This would be valid for all products, not just devices.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mihamarkic/statuses/116379948621418072https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mihamarkic/statuses/116379948621418072Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:31:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:26:19 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs I can tell you what I won't be doing, and that is buying a replacement. Like my nest thermostat, I'll be replacing it with a device off their network.

Less reason to have Amazon devices in my house.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://better.boston/users/m750/statuses/116379928470479301https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://better.boston/users/m750/statuses/116379928470479301Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:26:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:12:38 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs
A helpful reminder that digital goods don't "exist". Access is only at the benevolent grace of EvilCorp ass-hats, non perpetual untouchable for your children and friends.

Give real books a try. They're easy on the eyes and never become e-waste.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TrimTab/statuses/116379874648719758https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TrimTab/statuses/116379874648719758Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:12:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:58:02 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs same for Roomba… sigh.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/mijndert/statuses/116379817231120557https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/mijndert/statuses/116379817231120557Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:58:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:41:14 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs sadly didn't made it completely into the CRA but EU is on the right track there

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/bithive/statuses/116379751218745288https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/bithive/statuses/116379751218745288Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:41:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:10:14 GMT]]>@magnetichuman @thomasfuchs We'll let 'em use tomato sauce, we aren't monsters 😄

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://1040ste.net/users/brad/statuses/116379629268763058https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://1040ste.net/users/brad/statuses/116379629268763058Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:10:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:36:17 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs I already changed.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/foxontherun/statuses/116379259894194948https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/foxontherun/statuses/116379259894194948Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:36:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:10:01 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs typical EOL stuff. Download your library on the device and you can still use it. That's not a surprising thing a user of that service should complain about.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/bubi352/statuses/116379156587245485https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/bubi352/statuses/116379156587245485Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:10:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:55:48 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs Not only are they greedy b****s forcing people to buy stuff they wouldn't otherwise need but also abject cowards since the news was broken to customers, as always, with a no reply e-mail. They are scared of people telling them what they think. I dread no reply emails because they are mostly telling me I'm being forced to do something onerous/massively inconvenient or something is being taken away from me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JulieHowlin/statuses/116379100654502810https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JulieHowlin/statuses/116379100654502810Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:55:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:41:41 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs everyone should ditch kindle after this and move to Kobo or some other option.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116056513631316930/statuses/116379045183008806https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116056513631316930/statuses/116379045183008806Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:41:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Companies should be required by law to completely open devices when they end support for them on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:04:29 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs all that will do is make them create edible devices

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