Yeah. And even “loss of functionality” makes it sound passive; as if it just happened by accident. They Intentionally broke a working product.
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scarabic@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This isn’t “end of support.”
This is “loss of functionality.”
Totally inexcusable.
chillpanzee@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
scarabic@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Heh I guess this is my work self showing through. I’m a software developer and “loss of function” is a very severe term to me :D it’s only surpassed by loss of data, accessibility/legal issue, and security/privacy breach. On the less severe end we have loss of telemetry, degraded function (meaning there’s still a workaround) degraded performance, and finally cosmetic defect.
mack@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
As most of our tech.
Being someone that yield to my tech stuff as long as possible I really love to live in a world where a company is forced to opensource everything related to a specific product if they opt to stop maintaining it.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
No it isn’t. I have one of these, the only loss of function is remote internet settings, which was a stupid feature. It was an escalator, it’s now become stairs. It still works fine as a thermostat, except Communist countries no longer know my house temperature.
Amazing how tech heads focus on minor shit like this with the long list of problems currently facing Fascist America.
scarabic@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I don’t say loss of ALL function.
You have lost functionality, sir. But people who overpaid for early Nest products have always been amazing at justifying their own purchases, so I’m not surprised you’re now minimizing this move.
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Samsung did something similar with one of their tablets when they remotely removed an app that provided an IR remote function - a primary reason for my purchase. Samsung’s support not so politely told me, “Too fucking bad.” when I objected.
Even though a replacement 3rd party app was less than $5 I haven’t purchased another Samsung consumer product or service in almost a decade.
scarabic@lemmy.world 1 week ago
They were rude to you about it too? Jesus. I’m pleased to say I’ve never bought any Samsung product.