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It's a total dick move on Philips's part to "update" incompatibility into existing products that people already own and have spend money and effort to integrate
by gherkin0 11y ago
It's a total dick move on Philips's part to "update" incompatibility into existing products that people already own and have spend money and effort to integrate. These people bought product with the expectation of compatibility, now they're out their investment because of Philips's selfish business decision.
Even they have elevated support costs, Philips's made their bed by offering compatibility in the first place for many years. If they want to remove it, they really should introduce a new model ("Introducing Hue 2.0: Now with less bulb compatibility!") and leave the existing customers unaffected.
- jpatokal 11y agoI'm sure page 67 of the Philips Hue T&C states in 3-point font that Philips Hue is only compatible with itself and they reserve the right to pull the plug on third-party product compatibility at any time.
- rhizome 11y agoOn the face of it, why do they do more than that? Just use the warranty to recommend certain bulbs and let the hobbyists run riot knowing the company doesn't back them up for this stuff. But at least it still can work.
- jzwinck 11y ago> It's a total dick move on Philips's part to "update" incompatibility into existing products that people already own Last year, Shimano (the bikes-and-fishing people) released a firmware update for their electronic shifting system which prevents 2012 (10-speed) parts from working with 2014 (11-speed) gear mechanisms. Literally, if you upgraded your bike from 10 speeds to 11, it worked when the hardware was released, but not after you installed the (irreversible) firmware update. This is with everything coming from a single brand! You can read a little about that here: http://fitwerx.com/converting-shimano-ultegra-6770-di2-to-11-speed/ http://fitwerx.com/converting-shimano-ultegra-6770-di2-to-11...
- qq66 11y agoA firmware update for a BICYCLE? I obviously haven't ridden in a while.
- RightWingRabble 11y agoWireless shifting. It's supposed to save us from the tyranny of the shift cable.
- gherkin0 11y agoAnd when your batteries inevitably die out on the trail and you're stuck in some random gear, you'll bless the day you bought into this ~innovation~.
- gknoy 11y agoI'd be surprised if they didn't recharge it by pedaling. ;)
- gherkin0 11y agoThat only covers half of the wireless equation. ...unless they ran a wire up the the controls to carry power :)
- throwaway7767 11y ago> I'd be surprised if they didn't recharge it by pedaling. ;) I'd be surprised if they did. A dynamo adds a noticeable load on the bike, and the people buying this are already optimising for small improvements. Adding a dynamo to power it would probably be a net negative for performance.
- wiredfool 11y agoThey should generate power from the motion of the shift levers.
- bryanrasmussen 11y agowonder if that is open to a class-action suit.
- mcv 11y agoI would think so, but then again, I also thought the class action suit against Sony's removal of OtherOS on the PS3 would have been a slam dunk. This is no different: the removal of a popular feature well after purchase.