jeffwtoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·3 months agoAmazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch(www.theverge.com)external-linkarrow-up1285arrow-down13message-square25fedilink
arrow-up1282arrow-down1external-linkAmazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch(www.theverge.com)jeffwtoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·3 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareCornpopEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down0·3 months agolinkfedilinkShould be required to open source it and unlock everything before sunsetting products.
minus-squareundefinedEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down0·3 months agolinkfedilinkThis is what gets me. Why don’t they do this? They’re turning down profit by discontinuing support, but probably their logic is someone else will benefit from the hardware without bringing in profit, so that’s bad forsomefucking reason.
minus-squareeyeonEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·3 months agolinkfedilinkBefore launching products* walled gardens are only a little less awful when still supported
Should be required to open source it and unlock everything before sunsetting products.
This is what gets me. Why don’t they do this? They’re turning down profit by discontinuing support, but probably their logic is someone else will benefit from the hardware without bringing in profit, so that’s bad forsomefucking reason.
Before launching products*
walled gardens are only a little less awful when still supported