I'm hopeful that in the future we can end planned obsolescence from devices that require companion apps which eventually get shut down. Just vibe reverse engineering replacements.
we could have ended planned obsolescence decades ago if we put strong policies in place. I would really like a systemic solution instead of every-man-for-himself vibe coding. I've been following the "stop killing games" movement for that reason. fingers crossed.
There was a video on YouTube about a girl basically did this built her own replacements software for these kinda of devices, didn't use ai though
A replacement app could just send the vendor-signed image and leave the signature check to the device. Plenty useful once the official app disappears.