By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/06/2026But what if manufacturers could dictate those choices? What if your light socket refused to use a lightbulb unless it was officially blessed by the socket's manufacturer? What if your dishwasher refused to wash your dishes unless you bought them from one of the manufacturer's "dish partners"? 7/ 4354
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/06/2026What if your toaster refused to toast "unauthorized bread"? arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/... It's hard to see how a company could win its market with this strategy. 8/arstechnica.comUnauthorized Bread: Real rebellions involve jailbreaking IoT toastersCory Doctorow's book, Radicalized, is up for a CBC award. To celebrate, here's an excerpt. 1389
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/06/2026After all, if the dishes are really better than the competition's, you'd buy them voluntarily, without a need for law or technology to force the matter. The only reason to make a dishwasher that refuses a rival's dishes is if the manufacturer's own dishes are ugly, expensive, and/or badly made. 9/ 1181