#permacomputing
"These models have been supported for at least 14 years — some as long as 18 years — but technology has come a long way in that time, and these devices will no longer be supported moving forward."
...and along that way old hardware is apparently no longer capable of the incredibly demanding task of downloading a bunch of text and displaying it in the form of static images...?
@metnix @phraktalz @mhoye @billgoats I'm not condoning what they're doing here, but it could be that the soc doesn't support modern web stuff. Possible exploits that can leave user accounts compromised etc.
Edit: I don't mean browsing the web, but the API calls and such, encryption types.
@metnix aka “we made these too durable, and people stopped giving us money, but we want more money”