Arduino, Qualcomm, Enshittification

I use Arduinos in many projects, including robotics. Recently, Qualcomm acquired Arduino. It did not take long for Qualcomm to update its Terms of Service to dramatically shift from one of the most open source platforms to a highly restricted one. Here is a link to a reddit post that describes the current situation pretty well. https://www.reddit.com/r/arduino/comments/1p210nl/here_we_go_terms_of_service_update_from_qualcomm/. This acquisition and update are yet another example of enshittification. I personnaly am going to pivot away from Arduino.

Cory Doctorow reminds us:
So the next time your favorite platform “updates” itself into uselessness, remember: enshittification is predictable, but it isn’t destiny. As long as we can build, fork, and federate, we can still take the internet back.

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