Freedom -- that's what it is. There are now more and more cases where we don't have to ask for permission.

Unfortunately, as I look around, I see most of the hardware vendors around me as gatekeepers. They prevent me from writing custom code in various ways. Apple restricts access to NFC or their UWB positioning, Supernote Manta does not let me access a bluetooth microphone, the list goes on. Denon at least has an API in their amps/receivers: buggy, but it's there.

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ramijames 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think, from a business perspective, they just don't see us at all. We're such a small, inconsequential part of the market that building open, free hardware with code that we can update, change, or alter for our needs is just.. not part of their business use-case.

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itchyouch 17 hours ago | parent [-]

I hope that with AI, this becomes a far more compelling selling point that consumers demand.

	▲	ramijames 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think right now AI is mostly providing a much better experience for using a computer for people that already have deep knowledge of how to use a computer. For example, no matter how many times I've tried to explain how to use it, my wife is just happy to keep plugging away at what she does without leveraging AI for automating away the repetitive parts of her work. I think she's a much more real-world use-case than I am. I like to tinker. She just wants to do what she does.

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Avamander 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Denon is definitely one of the better examples, there's so much expensive home hardware out there that gives you basically nothing. Starting from ACs ending with TVs.

I unfortunately can't see it becoming in any way legally mandated either, just have to hope for a good vendor.

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throwaway613746 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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