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FSF Criticizes Raspberry Pi DRM Blocking RAM Upgrades
TL;DRRaspberry Pi added DRM that prevents users from upgrading RAM themselves.
Why it matters: Signals growing restrictions on hardware ownership and repair rights in affordable computing devices.
The Free Software Foundation "has never supported Raspberry Pi," writes their deputy directory Sean O'Brien, "as it depends on nonfree software for the boot process, leaving an important part of the computer outside the user's control." But they're now decrying "an even more…
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