misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoSpotify won’t open-source Car Thing, but starts refund processarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1304arrow-down12
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minus-squareistanbullu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·6 months agoRefunds cost Spotify money. Open Sourcing is free. This is an epic level of dumb.
minus-squarehardaysknight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months agoMaybe they don’t have 100% of the rights to the hardware in order to open source it? I don’t think they made this hardware in house. They would have had to outsource it.
minus-squareshastaxc@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoUnless the code in car thing exposes vulnerabilities or potential exploits in Spotify. Even the potential exposure may not be worth the risk to them.
minus-squareistanbullu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 months agomy money is on Spotify violating licensed open-source code in Car Thing, which would be revealed if they open-sourced their code.
Refunds cost Spotify money. Open Sourcing is free. This is an epic level of dumb.
Maybe they don’t have 100% of the rights to the hardware in order to open source it? I don’t think they made this hardware in house. They would have had to outsource it.
Unless the code in car thing exposes vulnerabilities or potential exploits in Spotify. Even the potential exposure may not be worth the risk to them.
my money is on Spotify violating licensed open-source code in Car Thing, which would be revealed if they open-sourced their code.