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Smart gadgets’ failure to commit to software support could be illegal, FTC warns (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago

Every product that requires a smartphone app should disclose that fact along with the support for the app as well as support for OS versions.

Look forward to the day when you toss a perfectly good appliance because you lost the password to your toaster or the new router doesn't support your fridges' antenna frequency. Some automobile navigation systems have already been bricked when the local towers stopped broadcasting 3G.