I had a fantasy the other night about making it law that if a company stops selling a software product, “independent distributors” would be allowed to provide functional copies as a public service. The content owners would still own it, the “independent distributors” would not be allowed to profit directly from the items, and if the owner decides to start selling it again, it would need to be removed from the distribution repository so long as it is being sold for a reasonable price with reasonable availability.
Essentially, I want to make ROMs legal to distribute when gaming companies decide they don’t want to sell it anymore. Why the fuck is 95% of the NES catalog illegal to obtain. And they can stuff their shit about “losing money” on it. They aren’t selling it, they aren’t making money.
Petter1@lemm.ee 11 months ago
And enforce giving root access to device owners if no security updates are provided anymore (e.g. if a exploit is not fixed within x time after gaining knowledge of it)
troydowling@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Root access should be available from the moment my purchase payment clears. I paid, it’s my device.
jabjoe@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Exactly. If you don’t have root, you don’t “own” the device. Apps, like bank apps, that refuse to run on devices with root access, (or custom OSs) should be illegal.
lemann@lemmy.one 11 months ago
My bank gave me a hardware 2FA keypad as a replacement thankfully…
Any services/apps that don’t work on my rooted device as-is are out, only a few like Netflix are an exception due to others using it 🥲
Petter1@lemm.ee 11 months ago
For apple, the iPhone is like DRM for their software and you buy the license to use iOS and not hardware. 😅
whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Just because Android is more customizable and has worse security practices that allow jailbreak/root easier doesn’t mean that it’s an intended feature or that most don’t actively fight against it. The default for virtually all phones sold is lock you into their App Store and extract revenue from using their services. As much as I love the convenience of smartphones, it’s frankly a mistake the entire consumer market made in allowing the default be that you can’t fully control your device 100%, whether that’s running root or just repairing them easily.
creditCrazy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Honestly I’d love to have more you ain’t selling it laws but hey I’m just a dude who wants to play Majora’s mask without having to wear my N64 into dust fr why are we treating retro games like they are currently being sold
StopSpazzing@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If you own the physical game last I checked, you can legally play it on an emulator
Petter1@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Except for e.g. Japan, there, it is even illegal to modify your 3ds to download the lost 3ds ware that you bought but forgot to download prior the shutdown of the eShop on 3ds.