If your device was built to need a "cloud," it's pretty safe to assume it will be bricked long before you'd expect. Because who doesn't want to continuously bu

If your device was built to need a "cloud," it's pretty safe to assume it will be bricked long before you'd expect. Because who doesn't want to continuously buy $150 smart devices. The sad thing is the cloud is totally unnecessary for product function in 90% of these cases. I had a Coin. I never put any actual credit cards on it because I didn't trust a hardware startup to keep my financial info secure "in the cloud." I only used it for magstripe loyalty and gift cards. Now I can't even use it for that because the phone-app no longer works, because they failed and they shut off their servers. The hardware still works perfectly, though, it's just nearly useless.