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SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 8 months agoI vote for forced open sourcing of the server side components and communication protocols. That way people can create custom firmware or build support into generic NVRs
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Most customers would not be able to take advantage of this
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
You don’t need every consumer to roll their own. If they’re obligated to provide server code, or an API, or whatever, stuff that sells at scale can be integrated into community projects. If you buy something obscure you might have issues, but you have options if you buy something mainstream and get the rug pulled.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Right, but what I’m saying is how many people do you think will be able to track down the new open-source project and connect it to their hardware?
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
You don’t think it will be mentioned in any of the articles about the hardware being abandoned?
Natanael@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
Because if the community solutions are good enough then half the articles about the shutdown will mention it
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Word does spread and if there are enough of a group, people will likely setup 3rd party hosting solutions around supporting abandoned abut functional products.
But the secondary effect is likely to be that companies support their products for much longer.