Will the core function of cloud storage work after software updates stopped for the My Cloud Home as it has stopped for the ibi Photomanager which uses the same firmware?
Digital rights activists want device manufacturers to disclose a “guaranteed minimum support time” for devices — and federal regulations ensuring a product’s core functionality will work even after its software updates stop.
Influential groups including Consumer Reports, EFF, the Software Freedom Conservancy, iFixit, and U.S. Pirg have now signed a letter to the head of America’s Consumer Protection bureau (at the Federal Trade Commision), reports The Register: In an eight-page letter to the Commission (FTC), the activists mentioned the Google/Levis collaboration on a denim jacket that contained sensors enabling it to control an Android device through a special app. When the app was discontinued in 2023, the jacket lost that functionality. The letter also mentions the “Car Thing,” an automotive infotainment device created by Spotify, which bricked the device fewer than two years after launch and didn’t offer a refund…
