Also kann man so einfach mal straflos Computersabotage begehen wenn man (genauer Scheißhaus Firma) es nur verklausuliert genug ins Kleingedruckte schreibt...

https://www.golem.de/news/blu-ray-player-heimkino-und-musik-ueber-70-sony-geraete-verlieren-alle-streamingfunktionen-2606-209688.html

#sony #plannedobsolescence

Blu-Ray-Player, Heimkino und Musik: Über 70 Sony-Geräte verlieren alle Streamingfunktionen - Golem.de

Eine Hiobsbotschaft für Besitzer älterer Sony-Geräte: Bei Blu-Ray-Playern, Heimkino-Anlagen und Lautsprechern verschwinden viele Basisfunktionen.

Golem.de

RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@thehatfox/116715938577043366

* supports 7 year old Phone
> This continues our industry-leading support and means that iOS 27 is available to more users than any iOS release ever
* drops support for barely 3 year old Watch

fuck me then
#wwdc26 #plannedobsolescence #applewatch

PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO REPAIR

The first computer in my house was a Tandy 1000. It was made by RadioShack and it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. Sure, it was not much to look at with its light brown plastic case and monochrome screen. I am pretty sure my calculator from middle school has more processing power. The laptop I am typing on right now is basically a supercomputer when put up against that Tandy, but it […]

https://www.communityedition.ca/protecting-the-right-to-repair/

@dangillmor
This is great. Hopefully a burst to the ‘repairable’ tech movement. We, the whole world needs more of this.

Let’s end #PlannedObsolescence

@fribbledom I recently stopped using some wireless earbuds and bought some with a usb-c adapter and thought “Wait, I can keep using these until they break because there’s no battery to wear out? It’s the utopia we were promised!” Why did we put batteries in literally everything? Oh yeah, #capitalism and #plannedobsolescence Living in the future was 10 years ago.

@_elena Also lately my favorite question, how will it work on obsolete smartphones of poor people, who cannot afford to buy a new one, and the manufacturer stopped issuing security updates, so their smartphone is unsafe and a risk for hacking and identity theft?

#obsolescence #plannedobsolescence #smartphone #poverty #digitaldivide #affordability #incomeinequality #securityupdate #unsafe #risk #hacking #identitytheft

> After Office 2019 for Mac reached end of support in October 2023, Microsoft assured customers their installed apps would "continue to function." The July 13, 2026 conversion instead drops the apps into a Microsoft-defined "reduced functionality mode," in which files can be opened and viewed but not edited or saved.

https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Microsoft_Office_2019_and_2021_for_Mac_view-only_conversion_(2026)

#microsoft #plannedobsolescence #obsolescence #lockin

Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversion (2026)

Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversion (2026) is a scheduled remote degradation of perpetually-licensed Microsoft Office software for macOS...

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Designed to Fail: Planned Obsolescence Is Not a Bug

Software is killed not because it fails but because it was not generating enough recurring revenue.

Art of FACELESS