Comment on My reason for wanting HomeAssistant and a locked down VLAN...
irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Yeah, companies have abused that to release buggy, incomplete products faster and only make the software stable and feature complete if they make a good profit.
Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Or add new bloat features / brick devices after updating TOS…
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Remote device bricking is cheaper than researching part wear for planned obsolescence.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
And both make me go with a different company next time so idk what they think they’re gaining.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They gained a cost reduction for a single quarter of a single year. No further thought was put into it.