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John Deere brags about sabotaging competitors & customers on hot mic - they're PROUD of it!

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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

proprietary components

ridiculously stupid take. There are no open standards and commodity components for new inventions to adopt because the damned tech is new.

absurd.

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

There are no open standards and commodity components for new inventions to adopt because the damned tech is new.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Virtual_Reality

There's been open source VR hardware/software since at least 2015. Development is slow, but still active.

[–] Wrench@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Where did I say I was complaining that they use proprietary components? My complaint is about the availability of said components, which is made much worse by how badly they wear.