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If you have a fitbit, no longer possible to avoid Google (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] Zachariah@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When shit like this happens, companies should be required by law to provide an easy way to use your device with another provider, or they should provide root access so the FOSS community has the opportunity to provide an alternative backend. Google is a big company. If they want to keep customers, they can do it by providing them value rather than locking them in.

[โ€“] fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago

All companies should be required to provide firmware source code and driver source code with any electronics they sell. They're selling a product, I get to decide how to use it.