I think, from a business perspective, they just don't see us at all. We're such a small, inconsequential part of the market that building open, free hardware with code that we can update, change, or alter for our needs is just.. not part of their business use-case.
replyI hope that with AI, this becomes a far more compelling selling point that consumers demand.
replyI think right now AI is mostly providing a much better experience for using a computer for people that already have deep knowledge of how to use a computer. For example, no matter how many times I've tried to explain how to use it, my wife is just happy to keep plugging away at what she does without leveraging AI for automating away the repetitive parts of her work. I think she's a much more real-world use-case than I am. I like to tinker. She just wants to do what she does.
replyDenon is definitely one of the better examples, there's so much expensive home hardware out there that gives you basically nothing. Starting from ACs ending with TVs.
replyI unfortunately can't see it becoming in any way legally mandated either, just have to hope for a good vendor.
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