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[–] arararagi@ani.social 31 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Not on this political climate.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

Came here to say something like this. Its clear that we will not get anything that benefits the real citizens.

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago

I've learned from my mistakes with Google IoT. Unless I can host things myself, preferably even before the product inevitably dies, i'm not even considering it

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How about getting forced to go open source when they abandon a product?

[–] brot@feddit.org 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The problem is that many companies can't do that as they can't give you their custom server code. The only solution here would be to change design from the beginning so that devices can work without servers and are also so secure that they don't need security updates

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

That is the point: The pure threat of being forced to open that code could shift the business model to not have proprietary server / cloud code at all.

[–] erytau@programming.dev 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Too risky. Who knows what's hiding in their code. Might be some copylefted library or a piece of code that's been copy-pasted into the project without fully complying with the copyleft requirements. Making sure this isn't the case and/or cleaning up an abandoned project can be costly and complicated. Easier for them to just kill it.

[–] jim3692@discuss.online 2 points 10 hours ago

Are you describing WinAmp ?

[–] oxysis@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I love the distaste for the word that is opposite of left/the side of the political spectrum where fascism resides

[–] Goretantath@lemm.ee 13 points 20 hours ago

There is actualy a definition for the term "copyleft".

[–] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Good thing the end of Windows support isn't the end of the story for PC at least.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Is it year of the Linux desktop yet?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

It's always been the year of the Linux desktop. tvwm made for a fine desktop.

[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

When was the last time you used a desktop?

For most people, their smartphone is their computer, and (globally) Android is the top used one. Android is a version of Linux, so every year for quite a while has been the Year of the Linux "desktop".

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

I use a desktop all day, every day (Arch, btw) because I work a tech job.

Android is based on Linux, true but it is hardly a desktop environment (and is mostly controlled by the carrier/Google from a privacy/enshittification perspective).

I think the Steamdeck is a better example. It's converting console gamers into Linux desktop users and showing people that Linux gaming is very much possible.

[–] toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No they dont, not with the current american administration.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Whoever pays the most money makes the rules. I mean, it was always like that but they don't have to hide it nearly as much.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 4 points 23 hours ago

They convinced a good chunk of the country that it’s a good thing.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 19 points 1 day ago

The best weapon we have against these parasites of open source and self hosting.

Don't feed your enemy with funds.

Deny the parasite profit and engagement

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Most IoT devices that died did so because the vendor went out of business and had to shut off the servers. Most lived in hope that a last minute investment would keep them afloat. In a few other cases, it was the middleware software provider (like Google IoT) that shut down and bricked a device.

This legislation might apply to a big company that decides to discontinue a product line and could then send notices out, but most startups won't know (or admit defeat) till the last possible moment. By then it's too late.