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[http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/06/24/1851238/Panasonic-Begins-To-Lock-Out-3d-Party-Camera-Batteries Panasonic] issued a firmware update with an antifeature which disabled any third party batteries. | [http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/06/24/1851238/Panasonic-Begins-To-Lock-Out-3d-Party-Camera-Batteries Panasonic] issued a firmware update with an antifeature which disabled any third party batteries. | ||
=== Phone Books === | |||
You need to pay money to have your phone number ''not'' listed in a phone book. | |||
== Add Yours == | == Add Yours == | ||
Revision as of 19:34, 2 November 2009
Antifeatures are a way to describe a particular practice made possible by locked down technologies. Antifeatures, as I describe them, are functionality (i.e., "features) that a technology developer will charge users not to include. You can read my short article on the topic published in the FSF bulletin in 2007 for a series of examples and a more in-depth description.
One thing I want to do is put together as large a collection of these antifeatures as possible to use in a talk, a paper, or maybe even a book!
List of Antifeatures
Panasonic Camera Batteries
Panasonic issued a firmware update with an antifeature which disabled any third party batteries.
Phone Books
You need to pay money to have your phone number not listed in a phone book.
Add Yours
Feel free to add your own ideas for antifeatures to this page so I can collect them and use them in an upcoming talk, paper, or maybe even a book!
You can use the following template:
=== NAME OF YOUR ANTIFEATURE === Change this paragraph so that it includes the details of your Antifeatures and any [http://example.com links].
