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[–] db2@lemmy.world 97 points 1 month ago (3 children)

all hardware is going to EOL at some point, and at that point, it isn't going to keep getting updates

EOLing hardware should be handled in a better way

Both of these are solved by one thing: open platforms. If I can flash OpenWRT on to an older router then it becomes useful again.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bingo.

Either support the device until the heat death of the universe, or provide consumers with the access to maintain it themselves.

[–] Damn990099@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But neither of those help corporations make them all the money. So we need regulation to force them to.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Regulation? I think you mean "guillotines"...

[–] reinei@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Regulation guillotines maybe?

[–] unnamedau@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

my guillotine is named regulation

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Definitely don’t this in the past (Linksys WRT54G!) but let’s be honest, the kind of people running 10yo Dlink routers aren’t going to flash new firmware, let alone OpenWRT or even know to look for it. It would have to come that way from the factory. And even then I doubt most people even do regular updates, sadly.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Counter point: so it should automatically update every night when updates are available, and should have or migrate to an open standard at mfg EoL or from the factory.

It's still the mfg fault, full stop.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If I can flash OpenWRT on to an older router then it becomes useful again.

well, only if it has more than 4 MB storage, 8 MB RAM. I'm practically swimming in older routers that can't even pass that requirement, and even today the cheaper, that is, more affordable options are still near that for some fucking reason.