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minus-squarelath@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoSupport? No. Work? Yes. A tool you make and sell for a purpose has to complete that purpose until it is no longer physically able, with or without your presence. Software can be replaced as long as the hardware works. But making the tool unusable just so people would buy your other shit is scummy.
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoIt does work, you just can’t use the store from what the article said, the store likely uses more resources than the device has now.
Support? No. Work? Yes.
A tool you make and sell for a purpose has to complete that purpose until it is no longer physically able, with or without your presence.
Software can be replaced as long as the hardware works. But making the tool unusable just so people would buy your other shit is scummy.
It does work, you just can’t use the store from what the article said, the store likely uses more resources than the device has now.