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grumpy middle aged men who think the world owes them.
Quite a lot of it is grumpy middle aged men who would like to fix their things instead of replacing them with new.
As for new standards, I still say, if there's a new one, don't fucking buy it unless it actually becomes the standard and everyone is using it. Stop the compulsive upgrading to dead end parts.
hippy
They really aren't. The risk of opening up the firmware to allow users to modify it is too high for a business. Who would bear responsibility if someone screwed up changing the source code and bricked the system? Users would expect the manufacturer to fix it for them, but that comes at a cost to a business, so prices would go up to cover those potential costs.
This thread should be merged with the middle aged thread, as it is full of grumpy middle aged men who think the world owes them.