from the I’m-sorry-I-can’t-do-that,-Dave… dept

Fri, Sep 2nd 2022 12:32pm – Karl Bode

We’ve noted more times than I can count how you no longer really own the things you buy. Whether it’s smart home hardware, or routers that become useless paperweights when the manufacturer implodes, or post-purchase firmware updates that actively make your device less useful, you simply never know if the product you bought yesterday will be the same product you think you own tomorrow.

Cloud-Based Smart Home Gadgets Keep Getting Bricked Because You No Longer Own What You Buy

Interesting title…