Comments by "Anony Mousse" (@anon_y_mousse) on "What Is TiVoization u0026 Why You Should Care!" video.

  1. I don't think hardware should be locked down to the point that you can't hack it, but for them to close the source is fine. If you could flip a switch and your device would be branded in a certain way like those one time fuses, that might be okay as long as you could still get updates to the firmware. Obviously that might pose a problem for a trusted platform, but if things were designed correctly then it shouldn't matter for nearly everything you use a device for. Only truly secure communications would be affected, and even then only if it's a matter of you not trusting your own device should some third party get their hands on it. Also, I got like 420 today. :)
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  2. Absolutely agreed.
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  3. I've been telling people this for years and they always cite the LGPL, which really isn't a solution unless the code you're using is already in a library, which it might not be, and if you don't want to expend the time and money to turn it into a library, which they often can't be, it also doesn't work. So many people credit Stallman with us being where we are. I say we'd be further along without him.
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  4.  @stickfigure31  Apt word usage to say they enrage in such practices, because it is enraging.
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