Talk:End of life product

What possible actions could vendors take to reduce the harms at the end of a life of a product?

Open sourcing it, or holding the designs in escrow could be a possibility, for example. There may be legitimate security or copyright reasons that isn't practical.

What disclosure practices should be taken of items that require ongoing vendor support?

Let's just discuss here what the future we want should look like.

[above text is from user Mikewarot]