• pulverizedcoccyx@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    Anything that helps keep unusable electronics out of the dump is awesome. Shame on google for providing the unlock firmware for a only limited time.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.worldOP
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      4 days ago

      Shame on google for providing the unlock firmware for a only limited time.

      To this day I don’t understand why Google didn’t release a reference implementation of the firmware as open source Android-style.

      • pulverizedcoccyx@lemmy.ca
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        4 days ago

        Because that company is completely insane and gotten too big for their britches. Also, I feel a company that big unfortunately can’t be touched by right to repair… or does that movement even include stuff like bricked stadia controllers and bios locked laptops destined for the landfill?

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        4 days ago

        I’d imagine that some of the tech the controller users is licensed from other rights holders, so Google can’t just open source it.

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          3 days ago

          I’d imagine that some of the tech the controller users is licensed from other rights holders, so Google can’t just open source it.

          I wrote “reference implementation”, not open source the existing firmware.

  • Hellmo_luciferrari@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    Not that I have the knowledge, experience, or tools to really tinker with this; but I do look forward to what others may do with this!