However, the lack of accountability carried by companies that brick customer devices neglects the people who support smart tech companies. If tech firms can't support the products they make, then people—and perhaps the law one day—may be less supportive of their business.
Smart tech businesses have many challenges that, for the sake of innovation, they hopefully overcome. But it’s hard to watch customers shouldering the burden in the meantime.
During January’s unprecedented wildfires in Los Angeles, Watch Duty—a digital platform providing real-time fire data—became the go-to app for tracking the unfolding disaster and is credited with saving countless lives. Six months out from the fires, Watch Duty’s founder and CEO, John Mills, shares how his small nonprofit responded in the heat of the crisis and became a trusted source—even for government agencies. As wildfire season rages on and Texas recovers from devastating floods, Watch Duty’s story underscores both our growing vulnerability to natural disasters driven by climate change and the power of community-based solutions to keep us safe and connected when it matters most.
Planning things accordingly can be hard. Timescape aims to make that easier by providing you a big picture look at your entire year, making it easy for you to see what long-term events you may already have booked.
At least for DRM-ed media, there is still a sliver of chance that you can somehow get a tool somewhere that perhaps able to de-DRM the material. Maybe.
But for discontinued IoT devices -- good luck.
What's are the solutions? Time for device makers to do subscriptions/rentals rather than purchases, just like all the streaming services, instead of buying a license to watch or listen or read from iTunes store?
Hmmmm.... service. That magic word from Cupertino.
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