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goku12today at 6:59 PM1 replyview on HN

Being able to install a new OS is not an 'additional feature'. It's the downgrade of a capability that's inherent to the device. It's the same as making a carseat heating a subscriptions service. Whether the users use it or not is entirely irrelevant.


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charcircuittoday at 7:21 PM

>that's inherent to the device

It's not inherit to the device. Accepting updates signed by a specific key is inherit to the device.