I think that some may find your post amusing but you're right. After a few years most makers will not issue drivers or software. The reason is brutal but here it is. There is no income from that model to pay the programmers. And for those that think such should be paid from the sales of current products the problem is that this would increase the cost of new devices which will cause the entire company to lose sales and collapse.
Hope that explains it. But here's the real short version -> "It's the money."
Bob

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