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J. Williams Aug 23, 2024

If a product requires a subscription to work, you don't own it and it could stop working at any time.
If a product needs to connect to a server to work, you don't own it and it could stop working at any time.
If a product needs an app to work, you don't own it and it could stop working at any time.

-- pe1, in a comment on Ars Technica
(Emphasis added)

Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year

Smart display will soon default to showing ads after three hours.

Ars Technica

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Moose Jolly Holcomb

@jaywilliams the bleakness of the idea that you needed a subscription in the first place to prevent ads interrupting pictures of your family is a pretty stark starting point, removing the ability to even pay for that subscription is even bleaker.