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[–] tal@lemmy.today 144 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (22 children)

I mean, some of those EOLed nearly a decade ago.

You can argue over what a reasonable EOL is, but all hardware is going to EOL at some point, and at that point, it isn't going to keep getting updates.

Throw enough money at a vendor, and I'm sure that you can get extended support contracts that will keep it going for however long people are willing to keep chucking money at a vendor -- some businesses pay for support on truly ancient hardware -- but this is a consumer broadband router. It's unlikely to make a lot of sense to do so on this -- the hardware isn't worth much, nor is it going to be terribly expensive to replace, and especially if you're using the wireless functionality, you probably want support for newer WiFi standards anyway that updated hardware will bring.

I do think that there's maybe a good argument that EOLing hardware should be handled in a better way. Like, maybe hardware should ship with an EOL sticker, so that someone can glance at hardware and see if it's "expired". Or maybe network hardware should have some sort of way of reporting EOL in response to a network query, so that someone can audit a network for EOLed hardware.

But EOLing hardware is gonna happen.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 97 points 7 months ago (8 children)

all hardware is going to EOL at some point, and at that point, it isn't going to keep getting updates

EOLing hardware should be handled in a better way

Both of these are solved by one thing: open platforms. If I can flash OpenWRT on to an older router then it becomes useful again.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 57 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Bingo.

Either support the device until the heat death of the universe, or provide consumers with the access to maintain it themselves.

[–] Damn990099@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But neither of those help corporations make them all the money. So we need regulation to force them to.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Regulation? I think you mean "guillotines"...

[–] reinei@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Regulation guillotines maybe?

[–] unnamedau@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago

my guillotine is named regulation

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