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Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Bezier@suppo.fi to c/internetofshit@suppo.fi

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/21524474

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

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It would be a shame if people hacked their devices and loaded whatever they wanted on them.

[–] groet@feddit.org 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

No!

That means people are still buying and using the device. This is a case for returning the product to Amazon/the store you brought it from citing the product is no longer fit for purpose because of changes made by the seller/manufacturer. If you live in a sensible country (sorry US) this should work.

This only stops if there is a clear and attributable loss of sales/increase in returns.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I mean I wouldn't buy one and I would encourage others not to. But if you already have it and can't return it, make it your device, not theirs.

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