excel24@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoMotorola effectively bricked its entire line of WiFi routers without explanationmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1313arrow-down14
arrow-up1309arrow-down1external-linkMotorola effectively bricked its entire line of WiFi routers without explanationmashable.comexcel24@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square50linkfedilink
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoHow do they push out an update to something that I will never connect to?
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThat is the way to prevent it. But, frustratingly, most people who have one will probably connect it to the internet just because that’s what the manual says to do during the set up procedure. It’s getting harder to find devices that don’t insist on being connected.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoWhere are you finding users who read the manual? Wish we had more of those…
How do they push out an update to something that I will never connect to?
That is the way to prevent it.
But, frustratingly, most people who have one will probably connect it to the internet just because that’s what the manual says to do during the set up procedure.
It’s getting harder to find devices that don’t insist on being connected.
Where are you finding users who read the manual? Wish we had more of those…