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Re: Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]

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Post by petterroea »

wfme wrote: post #39
petterroea wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even sadder. Turns out all we needed to not have our old devices locked down was the CTO having some fun

*all we needed was the technical leader of the company that produced the product to... the same could be said for pretty much any change or update rolled out by any of these companies.

I feel like this is reducing the problem to a simpler one. Of course you'd expert larger product decisions to be made by a technical leader. The problem here is that devices being locked down is something being fought against, repairability is a big topic for discussion, and some companies even try to play into it pretty hard, like Framework and seemingly Valve.

Yet, to this Meta CTO, this wasn't really a concern until he vibecoded something and decided everyone should be able to have this fun. It say's something about his (and probably other people in his position) awareness of public opinion and discussion.

Re: Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]

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Post by ashdksnndck »

petterroea wrote: post #31
jenders wrote: post #30

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boz is the CTO

Even sadder. Turns out all we needed to not have our old devices locked down was the CTO having some fun

Why is this sad? I’m having a hard time understanding the thought you are communicating. It seems cool that a CTO had fun and that motivated him to enable ADB for everyone?

Re: Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]

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Post by saagarjha »

ashdksnndck wrote: post #43
petterroea wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even sadder. Turns out all we needed to not have our old devices locked down was the CTO having some fun

Why is this sad? I’m having a hard time understanding the thought you are communicating. It seems cool that a CTO had fun and that motivated him to enable ADB for everyone?

Why didn’t it occur to someone that this would be fun to do within the CTO having to realize this

Re: Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]

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Post by jazzyjackson »

ashdksnndck wrote: post #43
petterroea wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even sadder. Turns out all we needed to not have our old devices locked down was the CTO having some fun

Why is this sad? I’m having a hard time understanding the thought you are communicating. It seems cool that a CTO had fun and that motivated him to enable ADB for everyone?

Just that the default reality is the hardware you buy belonging to someone else, who only really sold you a license to use the hardware on limited terms until the manufacturer drops support

Re: Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]

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Post by l23k4 »

saagarjha wrote: post #45
ashdksnndck wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is this sad? I’m having a hard time understanding the thought you are communicating. It seems cool that a CTO had fun and that motivated him to enable ADB for everyone?

Why didn’t it occur to someone that this would be fun to do within the CTO having to realize this

Why didn't it occur to someone without occurring to someone first?

Re: Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]

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Post by Forgeties79 »

ashdksnndck wrote: post #43
petterroea wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even sadder. Turns out all we needed to not have our old devices locked down was the CTO having some fun

Why is this sad? I’m having a hard time understanding the thought you are communicating. It seems cool that a CTO had fun and that motivated him to enable ADB for everyone?

Because it could’ve just as easily never happened despite how simple of a feature it is to enable. That happens all the time. Tons of “useless” tech out there that can be made useful with 5min of effort but the incentives aren’t there, so they end up in landfills.

The default position should be trying to make devices useful as long as possible, even if they want to qualify it with “so long as it’s sufficiently reasonable to do so.”

Re: Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]

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Post by saagarjha »

l23k4 wrote: post #48
saagarjha wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why didn’t it occur to someone that this would be fun to do within the CTO having to realize this

Why didn't it occur to someone without occurring to someone first?

Because the idea that something this obvious occurred to the CTO first is very, very unlikely. What is more probable was that leadership ignored people who disagreed until the CTO convinced himself it was a good idea and went ahead with it.
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