My point is, for the geek, having upgradable hardware is a doable personal project, so this FCC potential ruling is not a death knell.
For the general consumer, well they seldom if ever upgrade microcode and have displayed a propensity to purchase a new shiny trinket rather than try to upgrade. Not everyone, but most consumers, or they wouldn't keep selling more routers than we have people in the country! I figure that the feds will be disabling any updates to phones eventually once they realize that it doesn't take a genius to update/change/modify them too. On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Rich Pieri <richard.pi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/8/2015 11:40 AM, Michael Tiernan wrote: >> >> I've always wondered why no one produces a cheaper unit without >> functioning firmware, just a basic web interface (or better USB) that >> says "Load your own and have at it." > > > Economy of scale. You can't have cheaper without the general consumer market > buying into it. The general consumer market won't buy hobbyist DIY kit. > > -- > Rich P. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- ><> ... Jack The Four Boxes of Liberty - "There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo. Please use in that order." "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart"... Colossians 3:23 "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - Albert Einstein "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." - Admiral Grace Hopper, USN "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Ben Franklin _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss