Ironically Nintendo sort of did that on physical boxes for their consoles that was actually just a download key in a cartridge
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sparr@lemmy.world 9 months ago
My proposal is for a mandated label on software and hardware to indicate that it will stop working when some online service goes offline.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Darkenfolk@dormi.zone 9 months ago
And then what? Corporations will just slap a disclaimer on their products informing you of said condition and that you need to agree, understand and accept these terms and conditions and call it a day.
UFO64@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Aye, but forcing them to put a clear “We support this until this date” label will make that a mandated part of their marketed.
That or, you know, force companies to release server software when they sunset support for their product. That would also be nice.
bob_wiley@lemmy.world 9 months ago
UFO64@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Which is why we need meaningful consumer protections around this. Something with teeth to force publishers to back these sorts of things.
sparr@lemmy.world 9 months ago
And then products without that label would gain at least a little a bit of market share. Most people still buy inefficient fridges because they are shinier, but at least a few read those yellow labels mandated by law and choose the more efficient ones.