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Epic celebrates "the end of the Apple Tax" after court win in iOS payments case

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432 points nobody9999 | 1 comments | 12 Dec 25 16:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.293s | source
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codedokode ◴[12 Dec 25 17:38 UTC] No.46246465[source]▶
In my opinion, every manufacturer of a programmable device should not be allowed to prevent the buyer from reprogramming it.
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tomp ◴[12 Dec 25 23:18 UTC] No.46250233[source]▶
Well, your opinion is literally illegal.

You're legally (and technically) prohibited from re-programming GPS modules, GSM modules, and probably many stuff in cars as well.

(Actually, maybe contractually when it comes to GPS modules.)

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1. fennecbutt ◴[13 Dec 25 01:24 UTC] No.46251072[source]▶
Why is it illegal? Pretty sure it's not.

It is however, illegal to broadcast into spectrums you're not allowed to.

But if I modify the uc in a GPS module to calculate 1+1=3 then AFAIK that's totally allowed.