This becomes more troublesome when modification of the device is made illegal. Forced obsolescence with legal lockout when attempting to "repair" the device.
Perhaps we should call obsolescence over time as the market changes as natural obsolescence?
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This becomes more troublesome when modification of the device is made illegal. Forced obsolescence with legal lockout when attempting to "repair" the device.
Perhaps we should call obsolescence over time as the market changes as natural obsolescence?
Is this just a theoretical consideration or is there good reason to believe legislation is moving in this direction?
It already has. This is why DMCA exemptions [1] exist.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_A...