A surplus of outrage and a willingness to share your unfiltered reactions to things, I guess.
replycelebrities and billionaires always catch more heat, can we not call out their bs?
replyYou only addressed half of it. I'm with you that the code is open source, but it's an open source client for Meta's proprietary service. The one original piece of hardware on this "Open source hardware for your Muse" page, the Home Link, only works with an active subscription. And the "grassroots" part is clearly larpy: a "by hackers, for hackers" voice in a Meta incubator repo.
replyIt does not say you have to keep an active subscription for continued operation. The page only says:
reply Claim your Muse Home Link
Free with an active Muse subscriptionhttps://muse.ai/deviceterms
"If your Muse subscription terminates or expires, your Muse Device will cease to function as described in these Device Terms and the device documentation. The device's capabilities will be unavailable until an active subscription is restored."
replyhttps://gadgets.muse.ai/home-link "Muse Home Link itself only runs official firmware and can’t be reflashed"
Clause 6 esp 6c makes this completely unfree and probably worse in the regard than an HP inkjet.
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replyYour response is unrelated to the content of this thread (the open sourcing of hardware/software)
replysorry, cannot see past the terrible person
replythere are so many other awesome open hardware/software we could share and talk about, from other HNers, some in /new right now
...instead of this