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2 years later, Amazon discontinues updates on the toaster. No one notices, but it still toasts. 8 years later, people hack them and cause them to burn down so
by bcrosby95 5y ago
2 years later, Amazon discontinues updates on the toaster. No one notices, but it still toasts. 8 years later, people hack them and cause them to burn down some houses. Of course, it was the owner's fault - they were running a discontinued toaster that wasn't receiving software updates anymore.
- TheSpiceIsLife 5y agoThankfully my seven year old iToaster hasn’t succumbed to the same fate. Yet.
- failwhaleshark 5y agoThe iTailer will shutdown all servers for that model on Jan 10, 2021, rendering it a glorified paperweight. Sorry. They said the next newer model of that will no longer receive updates at the same time.
- nroets 5y agoJan 10, 2021 - back in the good old days when see-through glass was still the norm.
- whoisburbansky 5y agoThis sounds eerily like the WD hard drive debacle going on right now.
- Someone 5y agoYeah, and the fault clearly is that, after discontinuing updates, they still supported the device in their cloud. They should have bricked the devices, removing write support ;-) I’m not sure whether to add that smiley here. That would have been a big middle finger to their customers, but the alternative they chose turned out to be worse for many customers. Maybe, the rule should be “if a product requires a subscription, the product should be free”? In WD’s case, it surprised me their cloud still supported a device they stopped supporting in 2015.
- DenverCode 5y agoWD's My Toaster
- bellyfullofbac 5y ago"We used to toast your data, now we can toast your bread!*" * Contains forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and undue reliance should not be placed on them. Such forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially from any projections of future performance or result expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Although forward-looking statements contained in this presentation are based upon what management of the Company believes are reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if circumstances or management’s estimates or opinions should change except as required by applicable securities laws. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
- oldgradstudent 5y agoWD My Toaster Live! The My Toaster is just a regular USB toaster.
- oort-cloud9 5y agoThe jacked toaster locks all your smart doors and windows and demands ransom to open them and let you out. Your update-less hacked smart TV is on it as well.
- MR4D 5y ago5 years later they are unsupported, Amazon gets hacked, and all your bread gets deleted.