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Fully working 270€ Nest Dropcam will no longer be supported. (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 110 points 8 months ago (8 children)

If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing. [yes, from the same guy who gave us “enshittification”]

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 8 months ago (11 children)

We need laws about refunds when they pull this kind of bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Or laws they have to make devices have a open API before shutting down servers.

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[–] [email protected] 197 points 8 months ago (6 children)

If it needs someone’s cloud servers to function, you don’t really own it.

[–] [email protected] 130 points 8 months ago (17 children)

We need consumer protections here, though.

Like 10 year money back guarantee or something. If the device becomes unusable due to actions outside of the device owners control, those in control should be obligated to reimburse.

Not doing so opens the doors to racketeering.

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