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“Immensely disappointing”: Nike killing app for $350 self-tying sneakers
(arstechnica.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Companies really should just opensource their apps at this point, or at the very least publish their protocols.
Can't see how dropping apps and bricking devices benefits anyone.
Source code escrow is a thing, too. I've only seen it in the context of (as I understood it) protection against going out of business, but perhaps it could apply to discontinued products, as well?