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Glad to hear that they're enjoying some growth and success but it's concerning to see them openly state their significant dependence on their subscription servi
by ThrowawayR2 4y ago
Glad to hear that they're enjoying some growth and success but it's concerning to see them openly state their significant dependence on their subscription service as a revenue stream. That raises the possibility of less support in future firmware updates for allowing Remarkable 1/2 to operate as a standalone device sans cloud service.
- TuringNYC 4y agoOne thing I wish companies would do is commit to open-sourcing the software in case of service shutdown or company bankruptcy. Then, at least we could hope that someone in the community either maintains it (or ideally even offers a commercial service with equivalent features.)
- notreallyserio 4y agoIt can be tricky if they don't have the rights to release source code or binaries for their hardware components, unfortunately.
- alwayslikethis 4y agoAgreed. I would never want to use a device that requires a proprietary cloud sync service. I own a Boox device, which are similar to the Remarkable ones, except it has a front light for reading. The software generally works fine. I don't use their sync service due to privacy concern though; I just use Syncthing.