It is sad that it takes a Meta developer having some fun to realize they should open up ADB.
This isn't the repairability and reuseability of old devices mindset people have been begging for. This is some guy using internal privileges to having some fun, and deciding the rest of us should get a piece of the fun as well.
This is a "happy story" in the same way it is a "happy story" when some kid successfully fundraises a classmate's cancer treatment because the healthcare system neglects them.
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boz is the CTO
Even sadder. Turns out all we needed to not have our old devices locked down was the CTO having some fun
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*all we needed was the technical leader of the company that produced the product to...
the same could be said for pretty much any change or update rolled out by any of these companies.
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