Wayne Parham Messages: 18791 Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)
Yeah, that's the latest trend to reduce costs. Another trend is to ship devices before the micro-code is fully tested, sometimes even lacking features. The idea is development will continue after the device ships, and updates will be automatically applied. But like you said, this depends on the customer having internet access for the device.
That whole approach seems really presumptuous, in my opinion, very bad practice. But people have become so accustomed to poor quality of service, this new trend has begun. This generation with their jerky youtube videos and spotty cell phone coverage has begun to accept very poor quality, and it has started seeping into other products. I hate that.