Alternative Viewpoint: Speculating a little bit, this might actually the best thing for the end users. This device already depended on software and cloud servic

Alternative Viewpoint: Speculating a little bit, this might actually the best thing for the end users. This device already depended on software and cloud services to function at all. Probably Cricut is not doing well financially (I have no data in this regard) and is in danger of not staying in business. This at least gives the die-hard users an option, and helps the company pay for ongoing support of the software and running of the service. Keep in mind they're probably losing money on the hardware. There have been plenty of other companies who were not able to make the business model work, folded, and left their users stranded with hardware that is no longer supported and doesn't work. That's a worse outcome. (Juicero, Picobrew) I'm not justifying hardware that depends on services like this - I wouldn't design it that way, and I wouldn't buy something like this. But here we are...