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Built to last (media.piefed.world)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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[–] 27 points 10 months ago (1 child)

To be fair, there are tio many arcade boards from that exact era that have draconian DRM measures where if the CMOS dies, the decryption key is irreversibly lost, and it becomes ewaste

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Exactly. It's not as if companies were being intentionally pro-consumer then any more than they are now, they just seemed that way as they hadn't figured out how to tighten the screws as much, and especially how to do it cost-effectively in the consumer segment.

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