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[โ€“] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, there are tio many arcade boards from that exact era that have draconian DRM measures where if the CMOS dies, the decryption key is irreversibly lost, and it becomes ewaste

[โ€“] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Exactly. It's not as if companies were being intentionally pro-consumer then any more than they are now, they just seemed that way as they hadn't figured out how to tighten the screws as much, and especially how to do it cost-effectively in the consumer segment.