@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 9 months agoFully working 270€ Nest Dropcam will no longer be supported.sopuli.xyzmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1402
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish75•9 months agoWe need laws about refunds when they pull this kind of bullshit.
minus-squareThe PantserlinkfedilinkEnglish67•9 months agoOr laws they have to make devices have a open API before shutting down servers.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish36•9 months agoThis reminds me of how Google handled the stadia shutdown. Now many controllers have got a second life thanks to the option to enable bluetooth.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•9 months agoStill a limited time window for you to update the firmware before they got bricked.
minus-squareit's not often that shit just workslinkfedilinkEnglish10•9 months agoThey added another year to the window, in case you see one at the resale shop. https://www.engadget.com/you-have-a-whole-additional-year-to-convert-your-google-stadia-controller-to-bluetooth-232856929.html
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoTrue. And communication was also not ideal.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish20•9 months ago“[Google] will give users an exclusive offer for a Self Setup System from ADT on us (up to $485 value) or $200 to use on the Google Store.” https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Blog/An-update-for-our-Nest-Secure-Dropcam-and-Works-with-Nest-Users-and/ba-p/391449
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•9 months agoThey also were pretty cool when shutting down stadia, full refunds and you keep the hardware.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•9 months agoTrue. They absolutely have their faults but they do seem to be handling hardware shutdowns like this morally.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish11•9 months agoI kind of understand that they can’t offer the cloud service forever - that’s OK, but I’d like there to be a local option then
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•9 months agoI think they are selling hardware on reduced price so they can make money on cloud services. And by spying and selling customer data. The problem is that investors want to invest in data collection, not in making new hardware and service.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoThere’s just no way mailing electronic devices to Congress would (rightfully) result in visits from several armed FBI agents.
We need laws about refunds when they pull this kind of bullshit.
Or laws they have to make devices have a open API before shutting down servers.
This reminds me of how Google handled the stadia shutdown. Now many controllers have got a second life thanks to the option to enable bluetooth.
Still a limited time window for you to update the firmware before they got bricked.
They added another year to the window, in case you see one at the resale shop.
https://www.engadget.com/you-have-a-whole-additional-year-to-convert-your-google-stadia-controller-to-bluetooth-232856929.html
True. And communication was also not ideal.
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“[Google] will give users an exclusive offer for a Self Setup System from ADT on us (up to $485 value) or $200 to use on the Google Store.”
https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Blog/An-update-for-our-Nest-Secure-Dropcam-and-Works-with-Nest-Users-and/ba-p/391449
Oh shit. Google doing this right!?
They also were pretty cool when shutting down stadia, full refunds and you keep the hardware.
True. They absolutely have their faults but they do seem to be handling hardware shutdowns like this morally.
I kind of understand that they can’t offer the cloud service forever - that’s OK, but I’d like there to be a local option then
I think they are selling hardware on reduced price so they can make money on cloud services. And by spying and selling customer data.
The problem is that investors want to invest in data collection, not in making new hardware and service.
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There’s just no way mailing electronic devices to Congress would (rightfully) result in visits from several armed FBI agents.
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