Okay, I see what you mean. Do you know or can you suggest a different word for this? Mine would be something like paywalling: "paybricking", but even I don't think it's good. "sub-brick-tion"?

[–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

IMHO, this wreaks of enshittification, so the word I would suggest is “enshittify” or something similar.

[–] KomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It most definitely is, I just want to have different words for hardware that is made obsolete. This isn't even planned obsolescence IMO, this is something else. A function that seemingly has nothing to do with a live service (in similar products) is getting taken out and exchanged for something most people (presumably) don't want. This is a scam and people should be refunded. Also Amazon should be punished severely for something like this.

[–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

They are taking functionality away and hiding it behind a paywall. This is pretty despicable behavior. They should get an award for it. Any consumer road shows that have a Dunce Award?

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Planned obsolescence.

Shitty fucking business model, Bezos.

[–] KomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

But it's still working. People are still buying.

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's like a drug. I don't understand why ads are so enticing to mega corps. Why burn dollars worth of real customers and brand clout to chase pennys worth of hypothetical eyeball time?

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 3 points 11 months ago

Because the shareholders want a quick return on their investment, so short term profit