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Smart devices are turning out to be a poor investment (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[+] -6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Gotta pay for the OS somehow. The previous system ended up with tons of unpatched out-of-support machines spreading malware.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I did, when I bought the device. And if the manufacturer does a good job, I'll recommend them to friends and family and likely buy more of their products.

    The FOSS community does most of the heavy lifting with security updates anyway. Most of these things are running Linux, so they've already helped themselves to that community's work.

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