vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoSmart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion apparstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square192fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSmart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion apparstechnica.comvegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square192fedilink
minus-squareGeometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt’s not unreasonable to start charging for an app like that if it is under active maintenance, that costs money for the company after all. But the lesson for the consumer is: Don’t buy tools that rely on apps or servers ran by someone else unless you want to eventually start paying rent…
minus-squareSentient Loom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoSomething so simple shouldn’t require maintenance.
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIt requires cloud servers and power which needs to be online 24/7 for the app to work. That isn’t free. How do you think all this commerical IoT stuff works?
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoYou realize all these people bought the thing before the app and subscription existed, right?
It’s not unreasonable to start charging for an app like that if it is under active maintenance, that costs money for the company after all.
But the lesson for the consumer is: Don’t buy tools that rely on apps or servers ran by someone else unless you want to eventually start paying rent…
Something so simple shouldn’t require maintenance.
It requires cloud servers and power which needs to be online 24/7 for the app to work. That isn’t free. How do you think all this commerical IoT stuff works?
You realize all these people bought the thing before the app and subscription existed, right?