Comment by throwaway48476
Comment by throwaway48476 2 days ago
A lot of the time the EOL hardware is exactly the same as the supported hardware. The software just needs to be supported for longer. For example the 2014 and 2015 mac book pro, same CPU, same motherboard, etc and yet the 2014 is EOL a year earlier.
Reaching the the legal hammer out to be a last resort, but IMO, EOL-ing a device should require open sourcing it and handing over any info required for administration to the users. Or refund for full price.
A device which can not be administered by the end user is administered (perhaps negligently) by the company who sold it.