• kevincox@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    I don’t think we need to set a global minimum date, but the manufacturer should have to put a date on the box. If they don’t support the device up to that date (including security updates and maintaining any required cloud services) then the consumer gets a full refund with possibly additional damages.

    I think of it like the digital version of a nutrition facts table.

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      8 months ago

      Good idea. If we do this and also add some sort of positive label on devices that work locally and are interoperable it might start a positive feedback loop: More people become aware of the issue or simply want the device with the better label when choosing in a store, leading to more manufacturers producing more devices that aren’t cloud-dependent.

      Right now I often see the opposite happening: Manufacturers who don’t even put on their packaging that their system is really just Zigbee under the hood for example.

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        8 months ago

        Yeah. For sure. If your device doesn’t depend on a cloud service you can put that on your label and it is basically a gold star.

        Although even local devices should get security updates. The radios and the firmware speaking the ZigBee protocol can have vulnerabilities.