Maybe, reach out to the FTC over the fraud that's being perpetuated with this cloud-locked (other peoples' servers) *rental* being sold as a *sale* ?
If these companies are selling defective goods and preventing individuals to fix it themselves (in other words, the selling company holds material control of the device), that's a *rental* .
Properly reclassifying consumer garbage with company-locked electronics as a rental would be the big kick-in-the-pants that nearly every company is playing now. And that includes the cellphone-on-wheels (Tesla), the stunts being played by most other car manufacturers ($$$ for heated seats, etc), Apple holding control over what approved software a general purpose computer can process, and loads more.
I don't think the FCC can require firmware updates other than in radio based units, to require regulatory requirements for specific frequencies (2.4GHz no channel 12/13 in USA, 10 minute wait on a part of 5.8GHz for ground radar). But the FTC could force it by clarifying cloud-crap is a rental, and not a sale.
If these companies are selling defective goods and preventing individuals to fix it themselves (in other words, the selling company holds material control of the device), that's a *rental* .
Properly reclassifying consumer garbage with company-locked electronics as a rental would be the big kick-in-the-pants that nearly every company is playing now. And that includes the cellphone-on-wheels (Tesla), the stunts being played by most other car manufacturers ($$$ for heated seats, etc), Apple holding control over what approved software a general purpose computer can process, and loads more.
I don't think the FCC can require firmware updates other than in radio based units, to require regulatory requirements for specific frequencies (2.4GHz no channel 12/13 in USA, 10 minute wait on a part of 5.8GHz for ground radar). But the FTC could force it by clarifying cloud-crap is a rental, and not a sale.