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Should OS makers, like Microsoft, be legally required to provide 15 years of security updates?

  • ratten@lemmings.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 个月前

    These multi-billion dollar corporations have more than enough resources to provide updates for 15 years.

    There’s nothing insane about it, unless you’ve been conditioned to live vicariously through business owners.

    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      6·
      2 个月前

      Pretty sure postmarketOS isn’t made by a multi-billion dollar corporation. Such a requirement would mean ONLY multi-billion dollar corporations can release an operating system. You do not want to give them that power.

      • ratten@lemmings.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 个月前

        If it’s free software, then anyone can implement the fixes themselves.

        Doing so with proprietary software would be illegal.