wizzor to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoFully working 270€ Nest Dropcam will no longer be supported.imagemessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1407arrow-down17
arrow-up1400arrow-down1imageFully working 270€ Nest Dropcam will no longer be supported.wizzor to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square101fedilink
minus-squareEdibleFriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up75·10 months agoWe need laws about refunds when they pull this kind of bullshit.
minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66·10 months agoOr laws they have to make devices have a open API before shutting down servers.
minus-squarecron@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·10 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-squareDamage@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·10 months agoStill a limited time window for you to update the firmware before they got bricked.
minus-squareit's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 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-squarecron@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoTrue. And communication was also not ideal.
minus-squareirotsoma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoThat will never work either. They’ll just transfer it to a subsidiary towards the end and then shut down the company. Then there’s no one to enforce the law on.
minus-squareplayer2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·10 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-squareEdibleFriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·10 months agoOh shit. Google doing this right!?
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·10 months agoThey also were pretty cool when shutting down stadia, full refunds and you keep the hardware.
minus-squareEdibleFriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·10 months agoTrue. They absolutely have their faults but they do seem to be handling hardware shutdowns like this morally.
minus-squarepapertowels@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoUsed my credit to buy my mom a new phone. Google did a solid in this case.
minus-squarewizzorOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 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-squaremonobot@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 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-squareRubberDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 months agoUntil that time,ight I suggest mailing the devices to congress.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 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.
That will never work either. They’ll just transfer it to a subsidiary towards the end and then shut down the company. Then there’s no one to enforce the law on.
“[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.
Used my credit to buy my mom a new phone.
Google did a solid in this case.
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.
Until that time,ight I suggest mailing the devices to congress.
There’s just no way mailing electronic devices to Congress would (rightfully) result in visits from several armed FBI agents.
Because?