Right? Who’s gonna break it to the Polish PM?

Or the Phantom of the Space Opera

Based on what others in the thread are saying, that’s already covered for free by the key fob. What they’re charging for is doing it through the internet.

Since you seem to know about this stuff… What’s the deal with kidney-shaped basins in medical settings? Why that shape?

Low effort.

How remote are we talking about?

I’ll take both but not in that order.

That’s no moon!

Makes me think of Ahsoka Tano.

It’s the Flying Spaghetti Monster’s IT department!

Looks like a real loose cannon.

I don’t think you have any idea how much money you’re talking about. The fact that you’re proposing it in the context of an experimental device that was probably never even marketed is just deranged. We’d still be stuck with 1950s-level technology if you had your way because nobody could afford to develop any new products that can’t be made in a basic machine shop.

How do you require a certain level of service when the company that made it goes out of business? Or when employees with essential knowledge leave the company? I’ve been working in software for a long time, and everywhere I’ve worked, losing someone knowledgeable about a product is a big blow to future development because a lot of important knowledge is only in their head, leaving future maintainers to do a lot of reverse engineering. Requiring documentation wouldn’t work because any company that had strict enough requirements would have a very hard time hiring engineers willing to spend so much time documenting every little thing.

Code and documentation mean someone could theoretically maintain it, but the average consumer could not. You need someone with the knowledge, time, equipment, etc. to think it’s worth their while to learn how to maintain it. In the case of a physical device that also means the ability to manufacture spare parts, some of which could be very exotic. For an experimental medical device, it also includes detailed medical knowledge that most doctors don’t have. And actually working on it means being willing to take the risk of killing someone if you screw up.

I doubt the person in the article would be helped in the slightest by receiving code and documentation.

Owning the device doesn’t help if it requires regular maintenance and there’s nobody able to do it anymore.