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I bought a cool wifi, internet connected picture frame from a thrift store. It had someone else's pictures on it, so I went into the menu and selected "Factory
by jvm___ 2y ago
I bought a cool wifi, internet connected picture frame from a thrift store. It had someone else's pictures on it, so I went into the menu and selected "Factory Reset"
After that it never booted past the setup pages with a "unable to get token" message. I messaged the company who was very responsive but the end result was that they said it was unfixable and to return it to the store.
It was only $8, but I was looking forward to a wifi connected picture frame.
- beezlebroxxxxxx 2y agoAt a certain point we have to stop describing these situations as you "owning" something which broke, and instead describe it as you leasing the picture frame from that company for $0 (with an initial upfront cost) and the company failing to holdup on it's side of the deal.
- kojeovo 2y agoWell you do own the physical frame itself. It's more so the "smart" part being leased.
- fkyoureadthedoc 2y agoIn this case I'd be more inclined to call it planned obsolescence
- ryandrake 2y agoOr just a defective product. It sounds like the company didn't even manage to test Factory Reset.