I suppose all hardware tinkerers around here knew this would happen when #Qualcomm bought #Arduino, but holy shit, that was quick: ban on reverse engineering, data collection (for AI of course), irrevocable license over **anything** you upload... really awful. It's because of things like these that #OpenSource software/hardware is not enough. We need #FreeSoftware and #FreeHardware. https://itsfoss.com/news/enshittification-of-arduino-begins/
#Enshittification
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2025-11-24 14:51:29 UTC
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