Mastodawn

Neil Brown Jan 6, 2024

You know what would be nice?

An "open firmware" project, where people produce and share FOSS firmware for common household devices, replacing the manufacturer's firmware with a decrapified version.

A smart TV? Reflash it with FOSS firmware, which removes tracking, calls to the manufacturer's servers, and any Internet-connected services that you don't want?

A printer? It's now yours. No ink subscription, or need for an app to print remotely.

And so on.

A man can dream, eh.

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enachtpfoetchen6s0

@neil i mean we have ippeverywhere or airprint for printers. so you don't need an app for printing remotely or an extra app (works for me on my iphone).
But what i reallly want is open source firmware to get great results on various kinds of paper and not just the manufacturer calibrated kind of paper. that really sucks.