• WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      There should be efforts to ensure it never happens again. All companies who abandon products or services should be forced to open source all associated code.

      Why should greedy narcissists be allowed to waste humanities finite resources on their limp dick get-rich-quick schemes and failures?

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        45 minutes ago

        I don’t care too much when it comes to early adopter tech like this, which everyone knows will be obsoleted and laughable in 1 year. But the biomedical devices - we need a law about this, so people who get sense-restoring tech implanted in their bodies don’t get bricked because the company decides the product isn’t viable to bring to mass market.

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        9 hours ago

        Philosophically agree with you, and would love to see it okay out exactly as you say.

        The problem with incorporating a business is that all humans therein pretty much escape liability.

        The only value is the assets and intellectual property that can be sold off to another organization. Releasing all the proprietary data brings that value down to zero.

        As usual, our addiction to market capitalism means the world is pay-to-play, and the risks will always remain higher than you or I would like or need.

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        7 hours ago

        because humans with resources (money) should be allowed to use it how they please, be it on tungsten cubes or pointless devices

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        7 hours ago

        because humans with resources (money) should be allowed to use it how they please, be it on tungsten cubes or pointless devices